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"Through a Glass, Darkly" is a poem by American general George S. Patton, which explores Patton's strong beliefs in Christianity and reincarnation through stories of his previous lives and deaths in combat during historic battles.
- English
- 16 September 1922
- XAXA
- United States
I have sinned and I have suffered. Played the hero and the knave. Fought for belly, shame or country. And for each have found a grave. So as through a glass and darkly. The age long strife I see. Where I fought in many guises, Many names — but always me. So forever in the future.
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Sep 4, 2021 · Through a Glass, Darkly-Poem by American General George S Patton. American General George S Patton pauses to piss in the Rhine off a bridge his engineers built just as his ancestor Julius Caesar did. It was a family tradition, the Wolf marking his territory. Countless times upon this star.
Feb 11, 2024 · In the poem, Patton suspects that he may have participated in the Crucifixion of Jesus, and, as if through a historic mirror, he visualizes his transmigrated lives as a hunter-gatherer in...
The title of the poem is the first words of 1 Corinthians 13:12. "Through a Glass, Darkly" is a poem by American general George S. Patton, which explores Patton's strong beliefs in Christianity and reincarnation through stories of his previous lives and deaths in combat during historic battles.
May 30, 2016 · “Through a Glass, Darkly” By George S. Patton | May 30th, 2016 | Categories: Audio/Video, Death, Poetry, World War II. Through the travail of the ages, Midst the pomp and toil of war, I have fought and strove and perished. Countless times upon this star. In the form of many people. In all panoplies of time. Have I seen the luring vision.
Jan 26, 2022 · 1. With Alexander the Great at the Siege of Tyre. In a poem called " Through a Glass, Darkly ," which Patton wrote while commanding the Third Army in Europe, he described being a Greek Hoplite fighting the Persians under Darius. He helped smash the Persian navy and then laid siege to Tyre.