| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1051. Such Is the Death the Soldier Dies |
| | | By Robert Burns Wilson |
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| SUCH is the death the soldier dies: | |
| He falls,—the column speeds away; | |
| Upon the dabbled grass he lies, | |
| His brave heart following, still, the fray. | |
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| The smoke-wraiths drift among the trees, | 5 |
| The battle storms along the hill; | |
| The glint of distant arms he sees; | |
| He hears his comrades shouting still. | |
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| A glimpse of far-borne flags, that fade | |
| And vanish in the rolling din: | 10 |
| He knows the sweeping charge is made, | |
| The cheering lines are closing in. | |
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| Unmindful of his mortal wound, | |
| He faintly calls and seeks to rise; | |
| But weakness drags him to the ground:— | 15 |
| Such is the death the soldier dies. | |
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