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So die as though your funeral
Ushered you through the doors that led
Into a stately banquet hall
Where heroes banqueted.

— Alan Seeger

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More quotes by Alan Seeger

Be mindful of the men they were, and raise
Your glasses to them in one silent toast.

From a boy
I gloated on existence. Earth to me
Seemed all-sufficient and my sojourn there
One trembling opportunity for joy.

At Earth's great market where Joy is trafficked in,
Buy while thy purse yet swells with golden Youth.

Under the little crosses where they rise
The soldier rests. Now round him undismayed
The cannon thunders, and at night he lies
At peace beneath the eternal fusillade.

I have a rendezvous with Death
At some disputed barricade,
When Spring comes round with rustling shade
And apple blossoms fill the air—
I have a rendezvous with Death
When Spring brings back blue days and fair.

I Have a Rendezvous with Death (1917)

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