Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HAIL! - AND FAREWELL!, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY


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HAIL! - AND FAREWELL!, by                    
First Line: They died that we might live
Last Line: That we might live!
Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John
Subject(s): Courage; Religion; War; Valor; Bravery; Theology


They died that we might live, --
Hail! -- And Farewell!
-- All honour give
To those who, nobly striving, nobly fell,
That we might live!

That we might live they died, --
Hail! -- And Farewell!
-- Their courage tried,
By every mean device of treacherous hate,
Like Kings they died.

Eternal honour give, --
Hail! -- And Farewell!
-- To those who died,
In that full splendour of heroic pride,
That we might live!





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