Alan Seeger Quotes

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

Alan Seeger

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

Alan Seeger

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

Alan Seeger

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

Alan Seeger

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

Alan Seeger

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

Alan Seeger

Oft as by chance, a little while apart The pall of empty, loveless hours withdrawn, Sweet Beauty, opening on the impoverished heart, Beams like a jewel on the breast of dawn.

Alan Seeger

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.

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Letters And Diary Of Alan Seeger
Poems (1916)
Poems by Alan Seeger

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