. Poems . NO MANS LAND. 239 Who sings of valor speaks for life, for death,Beyond all death, and long as life is life,In rippled waves the eternal air his breathEternal bears to stir all noble Homer from his lost and vanished graveKeeps battle glorious still and soldiers brave. NO MANS LAND. HO called it so? What accidentThe wary phase devised ?What wandering fancy thither went,And hngered there surprised? Ah, no mans land ! O sweet estate inimitably fair !No measure, wall, or bar or gate. Secure as sky or air. No greed, no gain ; not sold or bought,Unmarred by name or brand. Not dr

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. Poems . NO MANS LAND. 239 Who sings of valor speaks for life, for death,Beyond all death, and long as life is life,In rippled waves the eternal air his breathEternal bears to stir all noble Homer from his lost and vanished graveKeeps battle glorious still and soldiers brave. NO MANS LAND. HO called it so? What accidentThe wary phase devised ?What wandering fancy thither went,And hngered there surprised? Ah, no mans land ! O sweet estate inimitably fair !No measure, wall, or bar or gate. Secure as sky or air. No greed, no gain ; not sold or bought,Unmarred by name or brand. Not dreamed of or desired or sought,Nor visioned, no mans land. Suns set and rise, and rise and set,Whole summers come and go ; And winters pay the summers debt,And years of west wind blow;

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