I 'listed at home for a lancer, Oh who would not sleep with the brave? I 'listed at home for a lancer To ride on a horse to my grave. And over the seas we were bidden A country to take and to keep; And far with the brave I have ridden, And now with the brave I shall sleep. For round me the men will be lying That learned me the way to behave, And showed me my business of dying: Oh who would not sleep with the brave? They ask and there is not an answer; Says I, I will 'list for a lancer, Oh who would not sleep with the brave? And I with the brave shall be sleeping At ease on my mattress of loam, When back from their taking and keeping The squadron is riding at home. The wind with the plumes will be playing, The girls will stand watching them wave, And eyeing my comrades and saying Oh who would not sleep with the brave? They ask and there is not an answer; Says you, I will 'list for a lancer, Oh who would not sleep with the brave? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE PROJECTED KENDAL AND WINDERMERE RAILWAY by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH THE HAPPY WANDERER by PERCY ADDLESHAW AFFINITIES by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE THE AGE OF HERBERT & VAUGHAN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN LOUISA; A TALE by JANE BOWDLER A SURVEY OF THE AMPHITHEATRE by MOSES BROWNE WHEN TIME WAS YOUNG by SARITA HOLT BROWNLEE BALLAD TO THE TUNE OF 'I'LL HAVE MY LOVE, OR I'LL HAVE ONE' by PATRICK CAREY |