The Day of Battle
A.E.Housman
1859 to 1936
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"Far I hear the bugle blow
To call me I would not go,
And the guns begin the song,
'Soldier, fly or stay for long.'"
"Comrade, if turn and fly
Made a soldier never die,
Fly would, for who would not?
'Tis sure no pleasure be shot."
"But since the man that runs
Lives to die another day,
And cowards' funerals, when come
Are not wept so well at home."
"Therefore, though the best is bad,
Stand and do the my lad;
Stand and fight and see your slain,
take the bullet in your brain."