Poetry

When I was a sophomore in high school, we had to memorize a poem and recite it before the class.  Of course I chose one by Longfellow, my favorite poet.  It was entitled "The Builders".  A classmate recited "I Have A Rendezrous With Death" by Alan Seeger.  At the time I thought, why would
you chose that one.  Since that time I've read that poem many times and I can hear the beauty in it.  We all have a rendezrous with death and none shall fail that rendezrous.