Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A HERO, by OSCAR C. A. CHILD First Line: We may not know how fared your soul before Last Line: The kindled spirit burned the body up. Subject(s): World War I - Casualties | ||||||||
WE may not know how fared your soul before Occasion came to try it by this test. Perchance, it used on lofty wings to soar; Again, it may have dwelt in lowly nest. We do not know if bygone knightly strain Impelled you then, or blood of humble clod Defied the dread adventure to attain The cross of honor or the peace of God. We see but this, that when the moment came You raised on high, then drained, the solemn cup The grail of death; that, touched by valor's flame, The kindled spirit burned the body up. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MORNING PAPER by KATHARINE LEE BATES FOR THE FALLEN (SEPTEMBER 1914) by LAURENCE BINYON TRAFALGAR SQUARE by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES 1914: 3. THE DEAD by RUPERT BROOKE 1914: 4. THE DEAD by RUPERT BROOKE BETWEEN THE LINES by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON RUPERT BROOKE by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON FROM THE AGES WITH A SMILE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |
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