Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RECRUITING SERGEANT'S SONG, by DAVID MALLET Poet's Biography First Line: Adieu! For a while, to the town and its trade Last Line: "live but for their country and king!'" Alternate Author Name(s): Malloch, David Subject(s): Patriotism | ||||||||
"Adieu! for a while, to the town and its trade! Adieu! to the meadow and rake! Our country, my boys, calls aloud for our aid; And shall we that country forsake? It never was known, that true hearts like our own, From hardships, or hazards would flinch! Let our foes then unite! We will show them in fight What Britons can do at a pinch! A slave may he be! who will not agree To join with his neighbours, and sing, 'That the brave and the free (such, Britons!) are we! Live but for their country and king!'" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SHINE, REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS SEVEN LAMENTS FOR THE WAR-DEAD: 6 by YEHUDA AMICHAI A CAROL FOR THE NEW YEAR by EDWIN MARKHAM A SONG OF VICTORY by EDWIN MARKHAM BROTHERHOOD (1) by EDWIN MARKHAM THE ERRAND IMPERIOUS by EDWIN MARKHAM EPITAPH ON A YOUNG LADY by DAVID MALLET |
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