Where's the man who will not hear When his country's call is clear? Where's the man who skulks away From the needful, deadly fray? God of heroes, blot his name With the deepest black of shame! Hail the man whose heart and hand, Loyal to his native land, Join her legions in the fight For eternal truth and right! God of heroes, write his name In the light of golden fame! Where's the man who gives no heed To his brothers' direful need, When in bleeding lands afar Death and doom and anguish are? God of brothers, let him be Lonely through eternity! Hail the man whose ready heart Gladly takes a brother's part, Though the cruel, fearful fray Rages half the earth away! God of brothers, let him be Honored through eternity! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON MY THIRTY-THIRD BIRTHDAY by GEORGE GORDON BYRON ALONE (2) by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE ELIOT'S OAK; SONNET by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE FOOL AND THE POET by ALEXANDER POPE |