The Last Post
Robert Graves 1895 (Wimbledon) – 1985 (Deià)
The bugler sent a call of high romance—
“Lights out! Lights out!” to the deserted square.
On the thin brazen notes he threw a prayer,
“God, if it’s this for me next time in France…
O spare the phantom bugle as I lie
Dead in the gas and smoke and roar of guns,
Dead in a row with the other broken ones
Lying so stiff and still under the sky,
Jolly young Fusiliers too good to die.”
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 401 |
Words | 81 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 9 |
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