Forward! out of the selfish past, Forward! Forward! boldly at last. Forward! to help in the world's great need, Forward! Forward to dare and bleed. Forward! who is a coward now? Forward! bound by a manly vow. Forward! pleasuring left behind, Forward! the higher joy to find. Forward! Forward! who will go, Forward! to meet the deadly foe? Forward! Forward! never a boast, Forward! who will join the host? Forward! to save our native land, Forward! with brothers afar to stand. Forward! to fight with a groaning world, Forward! with freedom's flag unfurled. Forward! Forward! Forward still, Forward! ever with steady will. Forward! in paths by heroes trod, Forward! led by the living God. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN ODE TO THE FRAMERS OF THE FRAME BILL by GEORGE GORDON BYRON EPITAPH ON A HARE by WILLIAM COWPER TO WALTER LIONEL DE ROTHSCHILD ON HIS BAR-MITZVAH by LOUIS BARNETT ABRAHAMS BARCAROLE: DE VIGNY by E. G. B. THE LITTLE OLD WOMEN; TO VICTOR HUGO by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE THE FEAST OF THE GODS by WILLIAM ROSE BENET PSALM 19. COELI ENARRANT by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE SONNET: 8. TO THE RIVER ITCHIN, NEAR WINTON by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES |