Rendezvous

I've been thinking about a stanza I heard in the E3 2008 trailer for Gears of War 2
It wen't:

I have a rendezvous with Death
At some disputed barricade,
It may be he shall take my hand
And lead me into his dark land
And close my eyes and quench my breath-
I have a rendezvous with Death
And I to my pledged word am true,
I shall not fail that rendezvous.

It turns out the that it's actuall an excerpt from an Alan Seeger poem from the first World War period. I've got a quote from the JFK library on it.

Alan Seeger (1888-1916) was a young, early 20th century U.S. poet, a contemporary of T.S. Eliot, although very different in poetic style. Seeger died at Belloy-en-Santerre on July 4, 1916 while serving in the French Foreign Legion. "I Have a Rendezvous with Death" was one of John F. Kennedy's favorite poems and he often asked his wife to recite it.

The full text is below:

I have a rendezvous with Death
At some disputed barricade,
When Spring comes back with rustling shade
And apple-blossoms fill the air-
I have a rendezvous with Death
When Spring brings back blue days and fair.

It may be he shall take my hand
And lead me into his dark land
And close my eyes and quench my breath-
It may be I shall pass him still.
I have a rendezvous with Death
On some scarred slope of battered hill,
When Spring comes round again this year
And the first meadow-flowers appear.

God knows 'twere better to be deep
Pillowed in silk and scented down,
Where love throbs out in blissful sleep,
Pulse nigh to pulse, and breath to breath,
Where hushed awakenings are dear...
But I've a rendezvous with Death
At midnight in some flaming town,
When Spring trips north again this year,
And I to my pledged word am true,
I shall not fail that rendezvous.

Interesting bit of history, me thinks.