HAROLD JOHN JARVIS
Corporal, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori
IF England calls to-day—
The last long call of all,
Valhalla's Trumpet-call:
Then may I live until
The Goal shines past the Hill
And in the last grand rally
Hear echoed God's Reveille
In the Home Camp.
If England calls this day—
If in the great, grim fight
I fall—with eyes all bright
With sacrificial flame
Whispering Her great name:
Let these weak verses show
To all the friends I know—
I gladly died.
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