The defeated - In battles of no renown

In battles of no renown

My fellows and I fall down,

And over the dead men roar

The battles they lost before.

The thunderstruck flagstaffs fall,

The earthquake breaches the wall,

The far-felled steeples resound,

And I lie under the ground.

O soldiers, saluted afar

By them that have seen your star,

In conquest and freedom and pride

Remember your friends that died.

Amidst rejoicing and song

Remember, my lads, how long,

How deep the innocent trod

The grapes of the anger of God.