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VIII. ‘ WITH MILITARY HONOURS’
Take down the helmet from its dusty board.
Lay down his sword
Upon the flag that drapes his narrow bed ;
Pace, horses, with your load,
Down the white road.
Beneath the glare by Eastern sunlight shed.
And you, ye passing men of other race.
Make way, give place
Before a freight more sacred than the gun ;
Dark eyes of each degree
Look up and see
That well-known pageant passing in the sun.
With clank of chain and wheels the carriage goes.
But his repose
Nor sound of arms nor tramp of horse can dim ;
Forward ; the dead-march rolls.
Keep we our souls
Strong for the last that love can do for him.
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VIII. ‘ WITH MILITARY HONOURS’
Take down the helmet from its dusty board.
Lay down his sword
Upon the flag that drapes his narrow bed ;
Pace, horses, with your load,
Down the white road.
Beneath the glare by Eastern sunlight shed.
And you, ye passing men of other race.
Make way, give place
Before a freight more sacred than the gun ;
Dark eyes of each degree
Look up and see
That well-known pageant passing in the sun.
With clank of chain and wheels the carriage goes.
But his repose
Nor sound of arms nor tramp of horse can dim ;
Forward ; the dead-march rolls.
Keep we our souls
Strong for the last that love can do for him.
85
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| Works by selected Scottish authors > Violet Jacob > Verses > (97) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/129139381 |
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| Description | By Violet Jacob. |
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| Shelfmark | T.9.f |
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| Description | Violet Jacob (1863-1946) was born into an aristocratic family who had lived at the House of Dun near Montrose since the 15th century. Her classic novel of the 1745 Jacobite rising, 'Flemington” (1911), was highly regarded by John Buchan and is still in print. Jacob had a deep appreciation of the Angus dialect and countryside, and this is evident in her celebrated Scots language poetry in volumes such as 'Song of Angus' (1915). |
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| Description | A selection of classic out-of-copyright Scottish poetry, prose and children’s stories from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
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