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And I to my pledged word am true,
I shall not fail that rendezvous.


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I have a rendezvous with Death At some disputed barricade, When spring comes back with rustling shade And apple blossoms fill the air.

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From a boy
I gloated on existence. Earth to me
Seemed all-sufficient and my sojourn there
One trembling opportunity for joy.


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This experience will teach me the sweetness and worth of the common things of life.

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At Earth's great market where Joy is trafficked in, Buy while thy purse yet swells with golden Youth.

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So die as though your funeral
Ushered you through the doors that led
Into a stately banquet hall
Where heroes banqueted.


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Oft as by chance, a little while apart The pall of empty, loveless hours withdrawn, Sweet Beauty, opening on the impoverished heart, Beams like a jewel on the breast of dawn.

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Alan Seeger

Alan Seeger

Born: June 22, 1888
Died: July 4, 1916 (aged 28)
Bio: Alan Seeger was an American poet who fought and died in World War I during the Battle of the Somme serving in the French Foreign Legion. Seeger was the uncle of American folk singer Pete Seeger, and was a classmate of T.S. Eliot at Harvard.
Known for:
  1. Letters And Diary Of Alan Seeger
  2. Poems (1916)
  3. Poems by Alan Seeger

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