English poem
Hail!--And Farewell!
by John Oxenham
They died that we might live,-- Hail!--And Farewell! --All honour give To those who, nobly striving, nobly fell, That we might live!
That we might live they died,-- Hail!--And Farewell! --Their courage tried, By every mean device of treacherous hate, Like Kings they died.
Eternal honour give,-- Hail!--And Farewell!-- --To those who died, In that full splendour of heroic pride, That we might live!