Page:May-day and other pieces, Emerson, 1867.djvu/160

 IN MEMORIAM.

E. B. E.

MOURN upon this battle-field,

But not for those who perished here.

Behold the river-bank

Whither the angry farmers came,

In sloven dress and broken rank,

Nor thought of fame.

Their deed of blood

All mankind praise;

Even the serene Reason says,

It was well done.

The wise and simple have one glance

To greet yon stern head-stone,