From Men Who March Away

Thomas Hardy, (1840-1928)

Written in September 1914

In our heart of hearts believing

Victory crowns the just,

And that braggarts must

Surely bite the dust,

Press we to the field ungrieving,

in our heart of hearts believing

Victory crowns the just.

Hence the faith and fire within us

Men who march away

Ere the barn-cocks say

Night is growing grey,

Leaving all that here can win us;

Hence the faith and fire within us

Men who march away.

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