Sleep,
comrades, sleep and rest
On this
Field of the Grounded Arms,
Where foes
no more molest,
Nor
sentry's shot alarms!
Ye have
slept on the ground before,
And
started to your feet
At the
cannon's sudden roar,
Or the
drum's redoubling beat.
But in
this camp of Death
No sound
your slumber breaks;
Here is no
fevered breath,
No wound
that bleeds and aches.
All is
repose and peace,
Untrampled
lies the sod;
The shouts
of battle cease,
It is the
Truce of God!
Rest,
comrades, rest and sleep!
The thoughts
of men shall be
As
sentinels to keep
Your rest
from danger free.
Your
silent tents of green
We deck
with fragrant flowers
Yours has
the suffering been,
The memory
shall be ours.
-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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