Poetry & Verse
The Soldier
By Gerard Manley HopkinsSource: Gerard Manley Hopkins - PoetryDB (Public Domain)139 words
Yes. Why do we all, seeing of a soldier, bless him? bless Our redcoats, our tars? Both these being, the greater part, But frail clay,...
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Yes. Why do we all, seeing of a soldier, bless him? bless
Our redcoats, our tars? Both these being, the greater part,
But frail clay, nay but foul clay. Here it is: the heart,
Since, proud, it calls the calling manly, gives a guess
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