"The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke Flashcards
If I should die, think only this of me:
That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is forever England.
That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is forever England.
There shall be in that rich earth a richer dust concealed;
There shall be in that rich earth a richer dust concealed;
A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,
A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,
Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam,
Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam,
A body of England’s, breathing English air,
A body of England’s, breathing English air,
Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.
Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.
And think, this heart, all evil shed away,
And think, this heart, all evil shed away,
A pulse in the eternal mind, no less
A pulse in the eternal mind, no less
Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given,
Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given,
Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;
Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;
And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,
And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,
In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.