You'll tell her, won't you? Say to her I died <br />As a brave soldier should - true to the last; <br />She'll bear it better if a though of price <br />Comes in to stay her, the first shock o'erpast! <br />You'll tell her, won't you? Show her how I lay <br />Pressing the pictured lips I loved so well; <br />And how my last thoughts floated far away, <br />To home and her, with love I could not tell. <br />You'll tell her, won't you? - not how hard it was <br />To give up life - for her sake so dear; <br />Nay, nay, not so. Say 'twas a noble cause, <br />And I did die for it without a tear. <br />You'll tell her, won't you? She'll be glad to know <br />Her soldier stood undaunted, true as steel, <br />His heart with her, his bosom to the foe, <br />When the blow struck no human power could break. <br />You'll tell her, won't you? Say, too, we shall meet <br />In God's Hereafter, where our love shall grow <br />More holy for this parting, and more sweet, <br />And cleansed from every stain it knew below.<br /><br />Anonymous Americas<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/you-ll-tell-her-won-t-you/
