politics
Decoration Day
Sleep, comrades, sleep and rest On this Field of Grounded Arms, Where foes no more molest, Nor sentry’s shot alarms!
TL;DR
- The poem calls for fallen comrades to sleep and rest on the Field of Grounded Arms.
- Unlike before, there are no sounds of battle or sentries to disturb their rest.
- The camp of Death offers repose and peace, with no wounds or fevered breaths.
- The shouts of battle have ceased, signifying a "Truce of God."
- The thoughts of the living will serve as sentinels to protect their rest.
- The living will decorate their "silent tents of green" with flowers.
- The suffering belonged to the fallen, and the memory will belong to the living.