Death & Dying
A March
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Death & Dying
Dreary East winds howling o'er us;
Clay-lands knee-deep spread before us;
Mire and ice and snow and sleet;
Aching backs and frozen feet;
Knees which reel as marches quicken,
Ranks which thin as corpses thicken;
While with carrion birds we eat,
Calling puddle-water sweet,
As we pledge the health of our general, who fares as rough as we:
What can daunt us, what can turn us, led to death by such as he?
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MLA
Kingsley, Charles. “A March.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/kingsley/15/.
Chicago
Kingsley, Charles. “A March.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/kingsley/15/.
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