“SOLDIER GOING TO THE WAR”

By Richard Le Gallienne

Soldier going to the war —

Will you take my heart with you,

So that I may share a little

In the famous things you do?

Soldier going to the war —

If in battle you must fall,

Will you, among all the faces,

See my face the last of all?

Soldier coming from the war —

Who shall bind your sunburnt brow

With the laurel of the hero,

Soldier, soldier — vow for vow!

Soldier coming from the war —

When the street is one wide sea,

Flags and streaming eyes and glory —

Soldier, will you look for me?