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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DESERTION, by RUPERT BROOKE Poet's Biography
First Line: So light we were, so right we were, so fair faith shone
Last Line: Gay down the way, and on alo
Subject(s): Desertion, Military; Soldiers' Writings
First Line: So light we were, so right we were, so fair faith shone
Last Line: Gay down the way, and on alo
Subject(s): Desertion, Military; Soldiers' Writings
So light we were, so right we were, so fair faith shone,
And the way was laid so certainly, that, when I'd gone,
What dumb thing looked up at you? Was it something heard,
Or a sudden cry, that meekly and without a word
You broke the faith, and strangely, weakly, slipped apart.
You gave in -- you, the proud of heart, unbowed of heart!
Was this, friend, the end of all that we could do?
And have you found the best for you, the rest for you?
Did you learn so suddenly (and I not by!)
Some whispered story, that stole the glory from the sky,
And ended all the splendid dream, and made you go
So dully from the fight we know, the light we know?
O faithless! the faith remains, and I must pass
Gay down the way, and on alo
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