Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BRAVE BEN HALL, by ANONYMOUS First Line: Come all australian sons with me Last Line: "the widow's friend in poverty - / bold ben hall, good-bye" Subject(s): Crimes & Criminals;grief;hero-worship;heroism;murder; Sorrow;sadness;heroes;heroines | ||||||||
COME all Australian sons with me For a hero has been slain And cowardly butchered in his sleep Upon the Lachlan Plain. Pray do not stay your seemly grief But let a teardrop fall For many hearts shall always mourn The fate of bold Ben Hall. No brand of Cain e'er stamped his brow, No widow's curse did fall; When tales are read the squatters dread The name of bold Ben Hall. The records of this hero bold Through Europe have been heard, And formed a conversation Between many an Earl and Lord. Ever since the good old days Of Dick Turpin and Duval, Knights of the road were outlaws bold, And so was bold Ben Hall. He never robbed a needy man, His records best will show, Staunch and loyal to his mates, And manly to the foe. Until he left his trusty mates, The cause I ne'er could hear, The bloodhounds of the law heard this And after him did steer. They found his place of ambush, And cautiously they crept, And savagely they murdered him While the victim slept. Yes, savagely they murdered him, The cowardly blue-coat imps, Who were laid onto where he slept By informing peelers' pimps. No more he'll mount his gallant steed, Nor range the mountains high, The widow's friend in poverty Bold Ben Hall, good-bye. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON NOTES FOR AN ELEGY by WILLIAM MEREDITH THE EROTICS OF HISTORY by EAVAN BOLAND A SONG FOR HEROES by EDWIN MARKHAM AFTER THE BROKEN ARM by RON PADGETT PRELUDE; FOR GEOFFREY GORER by EDITH SITWELL EXAMINATION OF THE HERO IN A TIME OF WAR by WALLACE STEVENS TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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