To fight aloud is very brave - (138)
To fight aloud, is very brave -
But gallanter, I know
Who charge within the bosom
The Calvalry of Woe -
Who win, and nations do not see -
Who fall - and none observe -
Whose dying eyes, no Country
Regards with patriot love -
We trust, in plumed procession
For such, the Angels go -
Rank after Rank, with even feet -
And Uniforms of snow.
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Source: Poetry Foundation. About the author. Image: Vexilla Galliae
AWIP: http://www.a-w-i-p.com/index.php/poetry/2024/04/29/to-fight-aloud-is-very
