354. In Battle by Wallace Stevens. Monroe, Harriet, ed. 1917. The New Poetry: An Anthology

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

354. In Battle

By Wallace Stevens


DEATH’S nobility again
Beautified the simplest men.
Fallen Winkle felt the pride
Of Agamemnon
When he died.	5

What could London’s
Work and waste
Give him—
To that salty, sacrificial taste?

What could London’s	10
Sorrow bring—
To that short, triumphant sting?