LD as the world—no other things so old:Nay, older than the world, else, how had sprungSuch lusty strength in them when earth was young?—Stand valor and its passion hot and bold,Insatiate of battle. How, else, toldBlind men, born blind, that red was fitting tongueMute, eloquent, to show how trumpets rungWhen armies charged and battle-flags unrolled?Who sings of valor speaks for life, for death,Beyond all death, and long as life is life,In rippled waves the eternal air his breathEternal bears to stir all noble strife.Dead Homer from his lost and vanished graveKeeps battle glorious still and soldiers brave.
LD as the world—no other things so old:Nay, older than the world, else, how had sprungSuch lusty strength in them when earth was young?—Stand valor and its passion hot and bold,Insatiate of battle. How, else, toldBlind men, born blind, that red was fitting tongueMute, eloquent, to show how trumpets rungWhen armies charged and battle-flags unrolled? Who sings of valor speaks for life, for death,Beyond all death, and long as life is life,In rippled waves the eternal air his breathEternal bears to stir all noble strife.Dead Homer from his lost and vanished graveKeeps battle glorious still and soldiers brave.
