Death & Dying
In Memoriam S.C.W., V.C.
From Marlborough and Other Poems (1916)
Death & Dying
There is no fitter end than this.
No need is now to yearn nor sigh.
We know the glory that is his,
A glory that can never die.
Surely we knew it long before,
Knew all along that he was made
For a swift radiant morning, for
A sacrificing swift night-shade.
✦ ✦ ✦
Codex Note
Dated 8 September 1915.
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Sorley, Charles Hamilton. “In Memoriam S.C.W., V.C.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sorley/30/.
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Sorley, Charles Hamilton. “In Memoriam S.C.W., V.C.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sorley/30/.
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