History & Politics
All Ready and All One
From My Lyrical Life, First Series (1889)
What is the News to-day, Boys?
Have they fired the Signal gun?
We answer but one way, Boys:
We are ready for the fray, Boys.
All ready and all one!
They shall not say we boasted
Of deeds that would be done;
Or sat at home and toasted:
We are marshalled, drilled and posted,
All ready and all one!
We are not as driven cattle
That would the conflict shun.
They have to test our mettle
As Volunteers of Battle,
All ready and all one!
The life-streams of the Mother
Through all her youngsters run,
And brother stands by brother,
To die with one another,
All ready and all one!
Sydney, 1885.
Codex Note
From the section "Songs" of My Lyrical Life, First Series (1889).
Cite this poem
MLA
Massey, Gerald. “All Ready and All One.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/massey/162/.
Chicago
Massey, Gerald. “All Ready and All One.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/massey/162/.
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