For all we have and are, <br />For all our children's fate, <br />Stand up and meet the war. <br />The Hun is at the gate! <br />Our world has passed away <br />In wantonness o'erthrown. <br />There is nothing left to-day <br />But steel and fire and stone. <br /> <br />Though all we knew depart, <br />The old commandments stand: <br />'In courage keep your heart, <br />In strength lift up your hand.' <br /> <br />Once more we hear the word <br />That sickened earth of old: <br />'No law except the sword <br />Unsheathed and uncontrolled,' <br />Once more it knits mankind, <br />Once more the nations go <br />To meet and break and bind <br />A crazed and driven foe. <br /> <br />Comfort, content, delight -- <br />The ages' slow-bought gain -- <br />They shrivelled in a night, <br />Only ourselves remain <br />To face the naked days <br />In silent fortitude, <br />Through perils and dismays <br />Renewd and re-renewed. <br /> <br />Though all we made depart, <br />The old commandments stand: <br />'In patience keep your heart, <br />In strength lift up your hand.' <br /> <br />No easy hopes or lies <br />Shall bring us to our goal, <br />But iron sacrifice <br />Of body, will, and soul. <br />There is but one task for all -- <br />For each one life to give. <br />Who stands if freedom fall? <br />Who dies if England live?<br /><br />Rudyard Kipling<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/for-all-we-have-and-are/
