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Medgar Evers, 1925-1963
Arlington Cemetery
A Poem by Margaret Walker
SO THEY LAID HIM DOWN IN A BEAUTIFUL PLACE;
IN A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO SLEEP AND REST.
THERE HIS ANGUISHED LIFE AND OUR PULSING LOVE
THAT BEAT IN HIS HEART AND BURNED IN HIS FACE,
THEY ARE QUIET NOW, THEY ARE HUSHED AND STILL,
BUT THE WORLD WILL FOREVER MARK THIS HILL
WHERE THEY LAID HIM DOWN TO SLEEP AND REST
WHERE THEY LAID HIM DOWN IN A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
THE BIRDS OVERHEAD WILL BUILD THEIR NESTS;
IN THE TWILIGHT HOURS SING A SERENADE.
THE GRASS WILL GRADUALLY CREEP INTO SHADE
WHERE THIS MARTYRED MAN SLEEPS UNAFRAID.
AND HE WILL HAVE NEIGHBORS GOOD AND TRUE
WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES FOR FREEDOM,TOO.
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