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    Lord Edward leaves his resting place          And Sarsfield's face is glad and 

fierce。 See Emmet leap from troubled sleep           To grasp the hand of Padraic 

Pearse� �

    There is no rope can strangle song          And not for long death takes his 

toll。 No prison bars can dim the stars       Nor quicklime eat the living soul。 

    Romantic Ireland   is not old。       For   years untold   her youth   will   shine。 

Her heart is fed on Heavenly bread�察        �The blood of martyrs is her wine。 



                 The Cathedral of Rheims 



    ��From the French of Emile Verhaeren�� 



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     He   who   walks   through   the   meadows   of   Champagne                 At   noon   in 

Fall�察�when leaves like gold appear�察                �Sees it draw near Like some great 

mountain   set   upon   the   plain�察  �From   radiant   dawn   until   the   close   of   day�察�

Nearer   it   grows         To   him   who   goes   Across   the   country。        When   tall 

towers     lay       Their     shadowy      pall       Upon      his  way�察       �He    enters�察�

where The solid stone is hollowed deep by all Its centuries of beauty and 

of prayer。 

     Ancient   French   temple�   �thou   whose  hundred   kings Watch   over   thee�察�

emblazoned   on   thy   walls�察  �Tell   me�察      �within    thy   memory´hallowed   halls 

What chant of triumph�察�or what war´song rings�拭�Thou hast known Clovis 

and his   Frankish   train�察�Whose   mighty  hand   Saint Remy's   hand did keep 

And   in   thy   spacious   vault   perhaps   may   sleep   An   echo   of   the   voice   of 

Charlemagne。   For   God   thou   has   known   fear�察  �when   from   His   side   Men 

wandered�察�seeking alien shrines and new�察�But still the sky was bountiful 

and blue And thou wast crowned with France's love and pride。 Sacred thou 

art�察�from pinnacle to base�察�And in thy panes of gold and scarlet glass The 

setting sun sees thousandfold his face�察�Sorrow and joy�察�in stately silence 

pass Across thy walls�察�the shadow and the light�察�Around thy lofty pillars�察�

tapers   white   Illuminate�察  �with   delicate   sharp   flames�察  �The   brows   of   saints 

with venerable names�察�And in the night erect a fiery wall。 A great but silent 

fervour   burns   in   all   Those   simple   folk   who   kneel�察  �pathetic�察  �dumb�察�And 

know that down below�察�beside the Rhine  Cannon�察�horses�察�soldiers�察�flags 

in line  With blare of trumpets�察�mighty armies come。 

     Suddenly�察�each knows fear�察�Swift rumours pass�察�that every one must 

hear�察�The hostile banners blaze against the sky And by the embassies mobs 

rage and cry。 Now war has come�察�and peace is at an end。 On Paris town 

the    German       troops    descend。     They     are   turned    back�察   �and    driven    to 

Champagne。 And   now�察  �as   to   so   many   weary   men�察  �The   glorious   temple 

gives them welcome�察�when It meets them at the bottom of the plain。 

     At once�察�they set their cannon in its way。                   There is no gable now�察�

nor   wall   That   does   not   suffer�察  �night   and   day�察      �As   shot   and   shell   in 

crushing      torrents   fall。  The    stricken    tocsin   quivers    through     the   tower�察�

The   triple   nave�察  �the   apse�察  �the   lonely   choir   Are   circled�察  �hour   by   hour�察�



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With   thundering   bands   of   fire   And   Death   is   scattered   broadcast   among 

men。 

     And then That which was splendid with baptismal grace�察�The stately 

arches soaring into space�察�The transepts�察�columns�察�windows gray and gold�察�

The organ�察�in whose tones the ocean rolled�察�The crypts�察�of mighty shades 

the dwelling places�察�The Virgin's gentle hands�察�the Saints' pure faces�察�All�察�

even the pardoning hands of Christ the Lord Were struck and broken by 

the wanton sword Of sacrilegious lust。 

     O beauty slain�察�O glory in the dust� �Strong walls of faith�察�most basely 

overthrown�   �The   crawling   flames�察  �like   adders   glistening   Ate   the   white 

fabric of this lovely thing。 Now from its soul arose a piteous moan�察�The 

soul that always loved the just and fair。 Granite and marble loud their woe 

confessed�察  �The   silver   monstrances   that   Popes   had   blessed�察  �The   chalices 

and lamps and crosiers rare Were seared and twisted by a flaming breath�察�

The horror everywhere did range and swell�察�The guardian Saints into this 

furnace fell�察�Their bitter tears and screams were stilled in death。 

     Around     the   flames   armed     hosts  are   skirmishing�察   �The    burning    sun 

reflects the lurid scene�察�The German army�察�fighting for its life�察�Rallies its 

torn   and   terrified   left  wing�察     �And�察    �as  they   near   this  place      The 

imperial   eagles   see       Before   them   in   their   flight�察  �Here�察  �in   the   solemn 

night�察�The   old   cathedral�察  �to   the   years   to   be  Showing�察  �with   wounded 

arms�察�their own disgrace。 



                                         Kings 



     ��For the Rev。 James B。 Dollard�� 



     The   Kings   of   the   earth   are   men   of   might�察�And   cities   are   burned   for 

their delight�察�And the skies rain death in the silent night�察              �And the hills 

belch death all day� �

     But the King of Heaven�察�Who made them all�察�Is fair and gentle�察�and 

very small�察�He lies in the straw�察�by the oxen's stall              Let them think of 

Him to´day� �



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             The White Ships and the Red 



     ��For Alden March�� 



     With drooping sail and pennant            That never a wind may reach�察�They 

float in sunless waters        Beside a sunless beach。 Their mighty masts and 

funnels     Are   white   as   driven   snow�察�And   with   a   pallid   radiance    Their 

ghostly bulwarks glow。 

     Here   is   a   Spanish   galleon  That   once   with   gold   was   gay�察  �Here   is   a 

Roman   trireme        Whose   hues   outshone   the   day。   But   Tyrian   dyes   have 

faded�察    �And prows that once were bright With rainbow stains wear only 

Death's livid�察�dreadful white。 

     White   as   the   ice   that   clove   her That   unforgotten   day�察  �Among   her 

pallid sisters     The grim Titanic   lay。 And   through   the   leagues   above   her 

She looked aghast�察�and said�此 �What is this living ship that comes                  Where 

every ship is dead�拭─�

     The ghostly vessels trembled           From ruined stern to prow�察�What was 

this thing of terror     That broke their vigil now�拭�Down through the startled 

ocean     A mighty vessel came�察�Not white�察�as all dead ships must be�察                �But 

red�察�like living flame� �

     The pale green waves about her           Were swiftly�察�strangely dyed�察�By the 

great scarlet stream that flowed          From out her wounded side。 And all her 

decks were scarlet       And all her shattered crew。 She sank among the white 

ghost ships     And stained them through and through。 

     The   grim  Titanic   greeted   her    ;And   who   art   thou�拭─  �she   said�察   �Why 

dost thou join our ghostly fleet        Arrayed in living red�拭�We are the ships of 

sorrow      Who   spend   the   weary  night�察  �Until   the dawn   of   Judgment   Day�察�

Obscure and still and white。; 

     ;Nay�察─  �said   the   scarlet   visitor�察 �Though   I   sink   through   the   sea�察  �A 

ruined thing that was a ship�察        �I sink not as did ye。 For ye met with your 

destiny     By storm or rock or fight�察�So through the lagging centuries                 Ye 

wear your robes of white。 

     ;But never crashing iceberg          Nor honest shot of foe�察�Nor hidden reef 



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has sent me       The way that I must go。 My wound that stains the waters�察�

My   blood   that   is   like   flame�察  �Bear   witness   to   a   loathly   deed�察�A   deed 

without a name。 

     ;I   went   not   forth  to  battle�察 �I   carried   friendly   men�察   �The   children 

played about my decks�察         �The women sang  and then  And then  the 

sun blushed scarlet       And Heaven hid its face�察�The world that God created 

Became a shameful place� �

     ;My wrong cries out for vengeance�察            �The blow that sent me here Was 

aimed in Hell。      My dying scream          Has reached Jehovah's ear。 Not all the 

seven   oceans      Shall   wash   away   that   stain�察  �Upon   a   brow   that   wears   a 

crown      I am the brand of Cain。; 

     When God's great voice assembles              The fleet on Judgment Day�察�The 

ghosts   of   ruined ships   will   rise  In   sea   and strait   and bay。 Though   they 

have lain for ages       Beneath the changeless flood�察�They shall be white as 

silver�察   �But one  shall be like blood。 



       ��End of Main Street and Other Poems。�А�



       The following biographical information is from the Occasional Notes 

to `A Treasury of War Poetry'�察�1919�察�edited by George Herbert Clarke。 



     Kilmer�察�Joyce。       He was born in   New Brunswick�察�N。J。�察�December   6�察�

1886。 He had first joined the Officers' Reserve Corps�察�but soon resigned。 

Within seventeen days after the entrance of the United States into the war 

he left his journalistic career to enlist as a Private in the Seventh Regiment�察�

National Guard�察�New York。 Shortly before the Seventh left New York for 

Spartanburg�察�S。C。�察�he was transferred at his own request to the 165th U。S。 

Infantry�察  �formerly   the   69th   National   Guard   Regiment   of   New   York。   He 

accompanied   the 
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