Oh hard is the bed they have made him,
And common the blanket and cheap;
But there he will lie as they laid him:
Where else could you trust him to sleep?
To sleep when the bugle is crying
And cravens have heard and are brave,
When mothers and sweethearts are sighing
And lads are in love with the grave.
Oh dark is the chamber and lonely,
And lights and companions depart;
But lief will he lose them and only
Behold the desire of his heart.
And low is the roof, but it covers
A sleeper content to repose;
And far from his friends and his lovers
He lies with the sweetheart he chose.
Illic Jacet
Alfred Edward Housman
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Poem topics: I love you, brave, dark, heart, lonely, trust, desire, hard, roof, grave, common, cheap, depart, love, sleep, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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