Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SQUIRE, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY


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First Line: I have sung me a stave, a stave or two
Last Line: That ever death did house.
Variant Title(s): The Young Squire
Subject(s): Death; Drinks & Drinking; Sea; Dead, The; Wine; Ocean


I have sung me a stave, a stave or two,
I have drunk me a stoop of wine,
I have roystered across a world that was dew
And a sea that was sunlight and brine.

And now I'll go down where the need is not
Of a singing heart, but a sword;
I'll fight where the dead men welter and rot
With the hard-pressed hosts of the Lord.

And should I come back again, 'twill be
With accolade and spurs,
And many a tale of chivalry,
And the deeds of warriors.

And should I not, O break for me
No buds nor funeral boughs --
I go with the noblest company
That ever death did house.





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