The Poet of Ruhleben, item 8

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SUMMER DUSK IN CAMP

 

The sun with gasps of golden breath

Celebrates his daily death,

Soon no more of him is found

Save, enskied, an open wound,

Mirrored to kindle in our eyes

The quiet flame of sacrifice.

 

O behold! The living Earth,

Pilgrim of repeated birth,

Wearying towards our far homestead

Robbed and wounded, left for dead,

Pillages by the assailing hour,

Prostrate at the feet of war.

 

Mighty powers grandly  handwritten  superbly pace

The streets of interstellar space

But they, with all their ringing pride

Pass by on the other side.

Endure yet, despairing men!

Comes the good Samaritan.

 

Down the weary, dusty road,

Harsh with travel, red with blood

Towards the earth, benumbed, despised

Comes in healing vision, Christ,

Instilling the impulsive wine

Of Himself, the Living Vine.

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SUMMER DUSK IN CAMP

 

The sun with gasps of golden breath

Celebrates his daily death,

Soon no more of him is found

Save, enskied, an open wound,

Mirrored to kindle in our eyes

The quiet flame of sacrifice.

 

O behold! The living Earth,

Pilgrim of repeated birth,

Wearying towards our far homestead

Robbed and wounded, left for dead,

Pillages by the assailing hour,

Prostrate at the feet of war.

 

Mighty powers grandly  handwritten  superbly pace

The streets of interstellar space

But they, with all their ringing pride

Pass by on the other side.

Endure yet, despairing men!

Comes the good Samaritan.

 

Down the weary, dusty road,

Harsh with travel, red with blood

Towards the earth, benumbed, despised

Comes in healing vision, Christ,

Instilling the impulsive wine

Of Himself, the Living Vine.


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  • April 5, 2017 16:16:38 Lucas Diaz

    (15)


    SUMMER DUSK IN CAMP

     

    The sun with gasps of golden breath

    Celebrates his daily death,

    Soon no more of him is found

    Save, enskied, an open wound,

    Mirrored to kindle in our eyes

    The quiet flame of sacrifice.

     

    O behold! The living Earth,

    Pilgrim of repeated birth,

    Wearying towards our far homestead

    Robbed and wounded, left for dead,

    Pillages by the assailing hour,

    Prostrate at the feet of war.

     

    Mighty powers grandly  handwritten  superbly pace

    The streets of interstellar space

    But they, with all their ringing pride

    Pass by on the other side.

    Endure yet, despairing men!

    Comes the good Samaritan.

     

    Down the weary, dusty road,

    Harsh with travel, red with blood

    Towards the earth, benumbed, despised

    Comes in healing vision, Christ,

    Instilling the impulsive wine

    Of Himself, the Living Vine.

  • April 5, 2017 16:16:21 Lucas Diaz

    (15)

    SUMMER DUSK IN CAMP


    The sun with gasps of golden breath

    Celebrates his daily death,

    Soon no more of him is found

    Save, enskied, an open wound,

    Mirrored to kindle in our eyes

    The quiet flame of sacrifice.


    O behold! The living Earth,

    Pilgrim of repeated birth,

    Wearying towards our far homestead

    Robbed and wounded, left for dead,

    Pillages by the assailing hour,

    Prostrate at the feet of war.


    Mighty powers grandly  handwritten  superbly pace

    The streets of interstellar space

    But they, with all their ringing pride

    Pass by on the other side.

    Endure yet, despairing men!

    Comes the good Samaritan.


    Down the weary, dusty road,

    Harsh with travel, red with blood

    Towards the earth, benumbed, despised

    Comes in healing vision, Christ,

    Instilling the impulsive wine

    Of Himself, the Living Vine.


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    Ruhleben Internment Camp, Germany

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19459 / 223791
Source
http://europeana1914-1918.eu/...
Contributor
Katherine Duncan-Jones
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/


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