THE MAN
Here today in the sunshine I saw a soldier go
Out of Life’s heated battle into the evening glow.
He was just a common soldier, one of a mighty clan,
But every watcher bared his head in honor to the Man.
We stood there at attention, and the flag-draped coffin came,
And we snapped up to salute him, though we never knew his name.
He was just a common soldier, but we couldn’t salute as well
The best old major general on this bright side o’ hell!
H. T. S.