George J. Dance wrote:
Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
Men Who March Away, by Thomas Hardy
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What of the faith and fire within us
ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Men who march away
ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Ere the barn-cocks say
ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Night is growing gray,
[...]
https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/11/men-who-march-away-thomas-hardy.html
Thanks for finding and bumping it, Zod. I just found it this weekend,
and I thought it was perfect for its place. As far as I know, it's
Hardy's only patriotic poem; most of the stuff I've read, like "The Christmas Ghost" on PPB, is very anti-war. But while the pro-war
rhetoric stuff isn't my cup of tea, it has to be acknowledged as
reality: Hardy's poem, as well as Pope's, probably best sum up the sentiments of the English soldiers going off to war at the beginning.
Still excellent....!
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