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Epitaph: Poem by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay

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(For the unknown soldier buried in Westminster Abbey.)


YOU who died fighting
For me and my little children;
You who are a million
Yet are but one,
I lay upon your grave
A rose and a tear--
The tear is the world's sorrow,
The rose is your joy.

Analysis of this poem
  • sorrow

More verses by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay

  • Indian Summer
  • Indifference
  • Down At The Docks
  • Fairy Singing
  • Glamour

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