"Far I hear the bugle blow <br />To call me where I would not go, <br />And the guns begin the song, <br />'Soldier, fly or stay for long.' <br /> <br />"Comrade, if to turn and fly <br />Made a soldier never die, <br />Fly I would, for who would not? <br />'Tis sure no pleasure to be shot. <br /> <br />"But since the man that runs away <br />Lives to die another day, <br />And cowards' funerals, when they come, <br />Are not wept so well at home, <br /> <br />"Therefore, though the best is bad, <br />Stand and do the best, my lad; <br />Stand and fight and see your slain, <br />And take the bullet in your brain."<br /><br />Alfred Edward Housman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-day-of-battle/
