Love Poems – Page 2781
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Give a Rouse
King Charles, and who ’ll do him right now? / King Charles, and who ’s ripe for fight now? / Give a rouse: here ’s, in hell’s despite now, … -
Naseby
[June, 1645] / By Obadiah Bind-Their-Kings-in-Chains-and-Their-Nobles-with-Links-of-Iron; Sergeant in Ireton’s Regiment / O, WHEREFORE come ye forth, in triumph from the north, … -
The Three Scars
This I got on the day that Goring / Fought through York, like a wild beast roaring— / The roofs were black, and the streets were full, … -
Fontenoy
[May 11, 1745] / THRICE at the huts of Fontenoy the English column failed, / And twice the lines of Saint Antoine the Dutch in vain assailed; … -
Battle of the Baltic
[April 2, 1801] / OF Nelson and the north / Sing the glorious day’s renown, … -
Burial of Sir John Moore
[Corunna, Spain, January 16, 1809] / NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, / As his corse to the rampart we hurried; … -
By the Alma River
[September 20, 1854] / WILLIE, fold your little hands; / Let it drop,—that “soldier” toy; … -
Charge of the Light Brigade
[October 25, 1854] / HALF a league, half a league, / Half a league onward, … -
The Relief of Lucknow
[September 25, 1857] / O, THAT last day in Lucknow fort! / We knew that it was the last; … -
Danny Deever
“what are the bugles blowin’ for?” said Files-on-Parade. / “To turn you out, to turn you out,” the Color-Sergeant said. / “What makes you look so white, so white?” said Files-on-Parade. …
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