Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CAVALIER SONG: 1642, by EDWARD BLISS REED First Line: If this be my last hour with thee Last Line: Without thee, I lose all. Subject(s): Cavaliers; Courage; Death; Soldiers; Valor; Bravery; Dead, The | ||||||||
If this be my last hour with thee, For none may Fate control, Take as thine own a heart that's free, And the worship of my soul. For where the trumpet-blasts ring out, And men rush in to die, Amid the thickest of the rout, My sword must flash on high. I'll serve thee as my king and lord, Thine till my latest breath, A soldier's word, a soldier's sword, Are thine, my dear, till death. Fate has no power to decide Whether I live or fall, For with thee Death I shall deride, Without thee, I lose all. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND |
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