Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE LAST FIGHT, by LAURANCE J. NICOLSON


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THE LAST FIGHT, by                    
First Line: He left his home with failing hope and breath
Last Line: "home! Home at last!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Bard Of Thule
Subject(s): Death; Fights; Dead, The


HE left his home with failing hope and breath,
To fight it out with death;
Death whisper'd, as he look'd within his eyes,
"A noble prize."

Where'er he went no land could give him life
For such unequal strife;
At last, his one hope left -- Death pressing nigh --
Home! home to die!

From morn till noon and night, from night till dawn,
The good ship hasten'd on;
And hasten'd on the shadow o'er the tide,
Nor left his side.

The happy earth-light faded in his eyes,
And died, as daylight dies;
The silent valley open'd unto him
Its entrance dim.

Adown the valley, grasping now Death's hand,
He heard the cry of -- "Land!"
And backward, upward to the light of day,
He dragg'd his way.

And they that loved him met him on the shore,
And kiss'd him o'er and o'er;
He whispered, smiling, as his spirit pass'd,
"Home! home at last!"





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