Book 34 - Sands At Seventy While Not the Past Forgetting

While not the past forgetting,

To-day, at least, contention sunk entire--peace, brotherhood uprisen;

For sign reciprocal our Northern, Southern hands,

Lay on the graves of all dead soldiers, North or South,

(Nor for the past alone--for meanings to the future,)

Wreaths of roses and branches of palm.