Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem/sonnet: A Nameless Grave

Birds of Passage by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A BOOK OF SONNETS - A Nameless Grave
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A Nameless Grave "A soldier of the Union mustered out," Is the inscription on an unknown grave At Newport News, beside the salt-sea wave, Nameless and dateless; sentinel or scout Shot down in skirmish, or disastrous rout Of battle, when the loud artillery drave Its iron wedges through the ranks of brave And doomed battalions, storming the redoubt. Thou unknown hero sleeping by the sea In thy forgotten grave! with secret shame I feel my pulses beat, my forehead burn, When I remember thou hast given for me All that thou hadst, thy life, thy very name, And I can give thee nothing in return. Content of A BOOK OF SONNETS: A Nameless Grave [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem collection: Birds of Passage] Read next: A BOOK OF SONNETS#Sleep Read previous: A BOOK OF SONNETS#A Shadow Table of content of Birds of Passage GO TO TOP OF SCREEN Post your review Your review will be placed after the table of content of this book

Birds of Passage by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow