Mira Posted January 16, 2004 Report Posted January 16, 2004 What can I say, I just have this thing about fear. "Drink and be merry, ‘Cuz tommorow we die" I drank my fill And was merry for a time The dawn broke too soon We set off to die One hundred companions Ninety-nine soldiers and I We sang of our deeds And the women in our beds As illusions of grandeur Filled the men’s heads To sit on the hill With a view of the field Banners snapped in the wind A bright trumpet squealed And horses will charged And the brave will have died While all of the while I cower and hide
Alaeha Posted January 16, 2004 Report Posted January 16, 2004 And horses will charge? I like this. The last stanza, and especially the last line, are so unexpected... Very nicely done.
HopperWolf Posted January 16, 2004 Report Posted January 16, 2004 I also like it's unexpected ending. bravo. As a side note, the first line of the last stanza could be made "The horse will have charged" and it would then work. The horse is often what the cavelry were referred as (a single unit and not plural).
Mira Posted January 18, 2004 Author Report Posted January 18, 2004 The last line wasn't meant to be a surprise as much as it was to be a comment on the fear of battle in general. The speaker, of course, symbolizes this fear. There are so many today who claim that they harbor no fear and will die for the cause, and frankly, I don't think that they will.
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