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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IRRADIATIONS: 22, by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER Poet's Biography
First Line: The morning is clean and blue and the wind blows up the clouds
Last Line: And a cause worth losing and a good song to sing.
First Line: The morning is clean and blue and the wind blows up the clouds
Last Line: And a cause worth losing and a good song to sing.
The morning is clean and blue and the wind blows up the clouds:
Now my thoughts gathered from afar
Once again in their patched armour, with rusty plumes and
blunted swords,
Move out to war.
Smoking our morning pipes we shall ride two and two
Through the woods.
For our old cause keeps us together,
And our hatred is so precious not death or defeat can break it.
God willing, we shall this day meet that old enemy
Who has given us so many a good beating.
Thank God we have a cause worth fighting for,
And a cause worth losing and a good song to sing.
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