| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882). Complete Poetical Works. 1893. | | | | In the Harbor | | Decoration Day |
| | | SLEEP, comrades, sleep and rest | |
| On this Field of the Grounded Arms, | |
| Where foes no more molest, | |
| Nor sentry’s shot alarms! | |
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| Ye have slept on the ground before, | 5 |
| And started to your feet | |
| At the cannon’s sudden roar, | |
| Or the drum’s redoubling beat. | |
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| But in this camp of Death | |
| No sound your slumber breaks; | 10 |
| Here is no fevered breath, | |
| No wound that bleeds and aches. | |
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| All is repose and peace, | |
| Untrampled lies the sod; | |
| The shouts of battle cease, | 15 |
| It is the truce of God! | |
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| Rest, comrades, rest and sleep! | |
| The thoughts of men shall be | |
| As sentinels to keep | |
| Your rest from danger free. | 20 |
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| Your silent tents of green | |
| We deck with fragrant flowers; | |
| Yours has the suffering been, | |
| The memory shall be ours. | | | | |
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