Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE PRICE OF VICTORY, by HENRY CHAPPELL


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THE PRICE OF VICTORY, by                    
First Line: Droop our proud flag half mast, then let it leap
Last Line: Smile in their last long sleep.
Subject(s): Victory


DROOP our proud flag half mast, then let it leap
Defiant, free to all the winds that blow,
And wave its glorious folds o'er those that sleep;
They would have wished it so.

Droop our proud flag in Honour's sacred name
A little space, then loose its billowing pride
To sweep once more the oceans as a flame;
It was for this they died.

Droop our dear flag to them, then nail it fast,
So best we tribute pay to duty done,
And fighting as they fought unto the last,
Complete what they begun.

And who shall say, when Victory's notes are blent
In one grand chord sonorous o'er the deep,
They will not hear, and know, and in content
Smile in their last long sleep.





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