Dulce et decorum est............... <br />Pro patria mori <br /> <br />You praise the dead hero <br />pro patria mori <br />and sanctify his name <br />in vain and false glory <br />but let it be said <br />by one who fought <br />with the dead <br />that there is no truth <br />in these words that <br />you have said........... <br />.....dulce et decorum <br /> est pro patria mori <br /> <br />You say of the one that has died <br />that with dying breath he cried <br />that he was honoured to go <br />protecting you from your foe <br />but you did not see <br />the look of fear in his eye <br />as he bravely prepared to die <br /> <br />No, it was' nt a hail <br />you heard from his lips <br />but a long painful wail <br />as he called for his wife and his child <br />and begged to live and grow old <br /> <br />I salute you dead comrade <br />wherever it is that you lay <br />I am sure if were with us today <br />you would'nt echo these words <br />that they say <br />.....dulce et decorum <br /> est pro patria mori<br /><br />robert delucchi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dulce-et-decorum-est-pro-patria-mori/
