The bright moon lifts from the Mountain of Heaven
In an infinite haze of cloud and sea,
And the wind, that has come a thousand miles,
Beats at the Jade Pass battlements....
China marches its men down Baideng Road
While Tartar troops peer across blue waters of the bay....
And since not one battle famous in history
Sent all its fighters back again,
The soldiers turn round, looking toward the border,
And think of home, with wistful eyes,
And of those tonight in the upper chambers
Who toss and sigh and cannot rest.
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Moving. This poem reminds me of "Encounters" by Ivor Gurney. Both poems deal with looking back, noticing the small things...before facing the battlefield. Poems that deal with soldiers are so important to read; they remind us what price liberty is attained and that soldiers are people, not just subjects to be at service at the whims of ill-prepared or frivolous wars.
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