| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 560. A Soldier’s Grave |
| | | By John Albee |
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| BREAK not his sweet repose— | |
| Thou whom chance brings to this sequestered ground, | |
| The sacred yard his ashes close, | |
| But go thy way in silence; here no sound | |
| Is ever heard but from the murmuring pines, | 5 |
| Answering the sea’s near murmur; | |
| Nor ever here comes rumor | |
| Of anxious world or war’s foregathering signs. | |
| The bleaching flag, the faded wreath, | |
| Mark the dead soldier’s dust beneath, | 10 |
| And show the death he chose; | |
| Forgotten save by her who weeps alone, | |
| And wrote his fameless name on this low stone: | |
| Break not his sweet repose. | |
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