| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | “E Be Than” | | By Carroll Lane Fenton |
| | | THEY come weeping, | |
| They raise their voices, | |
| Women meet them | |
| As they ride from the plain. | |
| The band is home, | 5 |
| But none rejoices— | |
| For many men | |
| Return not again. | |
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| The chief leads them; | |
| Yet, heavy-hearted, | 10 |
| He slowly rides | |
| From the wide, shining plain. | |
| Warriors mourn | |
| The friends departed— | |
| For many men | 15 |
| Return not again. | |
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| Women follow; | |
| The children, weeping, | |
| Straggle along | |
| Through the dust of the plain, | 20 |
| Many mourning | |
| Friends or fathers— | |
| For many men | |
| Return not again. | |
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| Priests, chanting | 25 |
| The sacred death-song, | |
| Raise dull grave-poles | |
| High above the wide plain; | |
| Men mourn | |
| Sons and cousins— | 30 |
| For dead men’s souls | |
| Return not again. | | | | |
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