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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SEA FIGHT; IN MEMORIAM CAPTAIN PROWSE, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Down went the grand 'queen mary'
Last Line: With his comrades all around.
Subject(s): Sea Battles; World War I; Naval Warfare; First World War
First Line: Down went the grand 'queen mary'
Last Line: With his comrades all around.
Subject(s): Sea Battles; World War I; Naval Warfare; First World War
(31 May: 1916)
DOWN went the grand 'Queen Mary',
'Queen Mary's' captain, and her crew;
The brunt of battle bare he,
And he died;
And he died, as heroes do.
More really now we view him,
More really lives he, moves with men,
Than while on earth we knew him
As our fellow,
As our fellow-denizen.
Maybe amid the changes
Of ocean's caverned dim profound,
Gaily his spirit ranges
With his comrades,
With his comrades all around.
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