What have I given, <br />Bold sailor on the sea? <br />In earth or heaven, <br />That you should die for me? <br /> <br />What can I give, <br />O soldier, leal and brave, <br />Long as I live, <br />To pay the life you gave? <br /> <br />What tithe or part <br />Can I return to thee, <br />O stricken heart, <br />That thou shouldst break for me? <br /> <br />The wind of Death <br />For you has slain life's flowers, <br />It withereth <br />(God grant) all weeds in ours.<br /><br />Francis William Bourdillon<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-debt-unpayable/
