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Anthem for Doomed Youth (view source)
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What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?<br />
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?<br />
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.<br />
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle<br />
Can patter out their hasty orisons.<br />
Can patter out their hasty orisons.<br />
What candles may be held to speed them all?<br />
What candles may be held to speed them all?<br />
Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes<br />
Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes.<br />
Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes.<br />
The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;<br />
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,<br />
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,<br />
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.<br />
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.<br />