Famous Gallantly Poems by Famous Poets

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A Voice from the Town

...o their goal somewhat slower, 
They march where we hurried before. 

For the world never learns -- just as we did 
They gallantly go to their fate, 
Unheeded all warnings, unheeded 
The maxims of elders sedate. 
As the husbandman, patiently toiling, 
Draws a harvest each year from the soil, 
So the fools grow afresh for the spoiling, 
And a new crop of thieves for the spoil. 

But a truce to this dull moralizing, 
Let them drink while the drops are of gold. 
I have tasted the...Read more of this...
by Paterson, Andrew Barton


Addressed To Haydon

...hooded shame
A money-mongering, pitiable brood.
How glorious this affection for the cause
Of steadfast genius, toiling gallantly!
What when a stout unbending champion awes
Envy and malice to their native sty?
Unnumbered souls breathe out a still applause,
Proud to behold him in his country's eye....Read more of this...
by Keats, John

An Adventure in the Life of King James V of Scotland

...an threshing corn in a barn near by,
Who came out on hearing the noise so high;
And seeing one man defending himself so gallantly,
That he attacked the gipsies with his flail, and made them flee. 

Then he took the King into the barn,
Saying, "I hope, sir, you've met with no great harm;
And for five men to attack you, it's a disgrace;
But stay, I'll fetch a towel and water to wash your face." 

And when the King washed the blood off his face and hands,
"Now, sir, I wish to kn...Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz

Bonny Dundee

...Bonny Dundee. 
Come fill up my cup, etc. 

He spurred to the foot of the proud Castle rock, 
And with the gay Gordon he gallantly spoke; 
‘Let Mons Meg and her marrows speak twa words or three, 
For the love of the bonnet of Bonny Dundee.’ 
Come fill up my cup, etc. 

The Gordon demands of him which way he goes— 
‘Where’er shall direct me the shade of Montrose!
Your Grace in short space shall hear tidings of me, 
Or that low lies the bonnet of Bonny Dundee. 
Come fill up my c...Read more of this...
by Scott, Sir Walter

Brignall Banks

...woods are gay! 
I would I were with Edmund there, 
To reign his Queen of May! 

'With burnish'd brand and musketoon 
So gallantly you come, 
I read you for a bold Dragoon, 
That lists the tuck of drum.' 
'I list no more the tuck of drum, 
No more the trumpet hear; 
But when the beetle sounds his hum, 
My comrades take the spear. 

'And O! though Brignall banks be fair, 
And Greta woods be gay, 
Yet mickle must the maiden dare, 
Would reign my Queen of May! 

'Maiden! a namele...Read more of this...
by Scott, Sir Walter


Defence of Fort MHenry

...s last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there --
O! say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is t...Read more of this...
by Key, Francis Scott

Guenevere

...heavy on my head,
It was my right, and was a part of me.
The women thought me proud, the men were kind,
And bowed right gallantly to kiss my hand,
And watched me as I passed them calmly by,
Along the halls I shall not tread again.
What if, to-night, I should revisit them?
The warders at the gates, the kitchen-maids,
The very beggars would stand off from me,

And I, their queen, would climb the stairs alone,
Pass through the banquet-hall, a loathed thing,
And seek my chambers ...Read more of this...
by Teasdale, Sara

Her Losses make our Gains ashamed --

...Her Losses make our Gains ashamed --
She bore Life's empty Pack
As gallantly as if the East
Were swinging at her Back.
Life's empty Pack is heaviest,
As every Porter knows --
In vain to punish Honey --
It only sweeter grows....Read more of this...
by Dickinson, Emily

I Know I Have Been Happiest

...at your side;
But what is done, is done, and all's to be.
And small the good, to linger dolefully-
Gayly it lived, and gallantly it died.
I will not make you songs of hearts denied,
And you, being man, would have no tears of me,
And should I offer you fidelity,
You'd be, I think, a little terrified.

Yet this the need of woman, this her curse:
To range her little gifts, and give, and give,
Because the throb of giving's sweet to bear.
To you, who never begged me vows or verse...Read more of this...
by Parker, Dorothy

Nationality In Drinks

...hump-shoulder, to tell the beholder,
For twenty such knaves he should laugh but the bolder:
And so, with his sword-hilt gallantly jutting,
And dexter-hand on his haunch abutting,
Went the little man, Sir Ausbruch, strutting!

---

Here's to Nelson's memory!
'Tis the second time that I, at sea,
Right off Cape Trafalgar here,
Have drunk it deep in British Beer. 
Nelson for ever---any time
Am I his to command in prose or rhyme!
Give me of Nelson only a touch,
And I save it, be i...Read more of this...
by Browning, Robert

Song of Innisfail

...They came from a land beyond the sea, 
And now o'er the western main 
Set sail, in their good ships, gallantly, 
From the sunny land of Spain. 
"Oh, where's the isle we've seen in dreams, 
Our destined home or grave?"
Thus sung they as, by the morning's beams, 
They swept the Atlantic wave. 

And lo, where afar o'er ocean shines 
A sparkle of radiant green, 
As though in that deep lay emerald mines, 
Whose light through the wave was seen. 
"'Tis Innisfail -...Read more of this...
by Moore, Thomas

The Ballad Of Caseys Billy-Goat

...stark and splendid.
True, his tummy was distended, but he gave his horns a toss.
By them his goathood's honour would be gallantly defended,
And if their valour failed him - he would perish with his boss
So dauntlessly he lowered his head, and ever clearer, clearer,
He heard the throb and thunder of the Continental Mail.
He would face the mighty monster. It was coming nearer, nearer;
He would fight it, he would smite it, but he'd never show his tail.

Can you see that hirsute ...Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William

The Burghers of Calais

...all football season, 
And twelve of you's got to be hung."

Then up stood the Lord Mayor of Calais,
"I'll make one" he gallantly cried- 
Then he called to his friends on the Council
To make up the rest of the side.

When the townspeople heard of the hanging 
They rushed in a crowd through the gate- 
They was all weeping tears of compassion,
And hoping they wasn't too late.

With ropes round their necks the twelve heroes
Stood proudly awaiting their doom,
Till the hangman at ...Read more of this...
by Edgar, Marriott

The Englishman

...shirt or in mail, 
It isn't safe to give him cakes 
Unless you give him ale. 

St George he was for England, 
And right gallantly set free 
The lady left for dragon's meat 
And tied up to a tree; 
But since he stood for England 
And knew what England means, 
Unless you give him bacon 
You mustn't give him beans. 

St George he is for England, 
And shall wear the shield he wore 
When we go out in armour 
With battle-cross before. 
But though he is jolly company 
And very pleas...Read more of this...
by Chesterton, G K

The Lost Leader

...e on our part—the glimmer of twilight,
Never glad confident morning again!
Best fight on well, for we taught him—strike gallantly,
Menace our heart ere we pierce through his own;
Then let him receive the new knowledge and wait us,
Pardoned in heaven, the first by the throne!...Read more of this...
by Browning, Robert

The Outlaw

...woods are gay! 
I would I were with Edmund there, 
To reign his Queen of May! 

'With burnish'd brand and musketoon 
So gallantly you come, 
I read you for a bold Dragoon, 
That lists the tuck of drum.' 
'I list no more the tuck of drum, 
No more the trumpet hear; 
But when the beetle sounds his hum, 
My comrades take the spear. 

'And O! though Brignall banks be fair, 
And Greta woods be gay, 
Yet mickle must the maiden dare, 
Would reign my Queen of May! 

'Maiden! a namele...Read more of this...
by Scott, Sir Walter

The Scapegoat

...t the "lay of the ground", 
And made a beeline back again to the camp. 
The elderly priest, as he noticed the beast 
So gallantly making his way to the east, 
Says he, "From the tents may I never more roam again 
If that there old billy-goat ain't going home again. 
He's hurrying, too! This never will do. 
Can't somebody stop him? I'm all of a stew. 
After all our confessions, so openly granted, 
He's taking our sins back to where they're not wanted. 
We've come all this dist...Read more of this...
by Paterson, Andrew Barton

The Siege of Corinth

...y stand, or fighting fall. 

There stood an old man — his hairs were white, 
But his veteran arm was full of might: 
So gallantly bore he the brunt of the fray, 
The dead before him on that day, 
In a semicircle lay; 
Still he combated unwounded, 
Though retreating, unsurrounded. 
Many a scar of former fight 
Lurk'd beneath his corslet bright; 
But of every wound his body bore, 
Each and all had been ta'en before: 
Though aged, he was so iron of limb, 
Few of our youth could ...Read more of this...
by Byron, George (Lord)

Tipperary Days

...row them flowers and kisses as they pass you by.
Aren't they the lovely lads! Haven't you a tear for them
 Going out so gallantly to dare and die?
What is it they're singing so? Some high hymn of Motherland?
 Some immortal chanson of their Faith and King?
'Marseillaise' or 'Brabanc,on', anthem of that other land,
 Dears, let us remember it, that song they sing:

"C'est un chemin long 'to Tepararee',
C'est un chemin long, c'est vrai;
C'est un chemin long 'to Tepararee',
Et la ...Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William

Why Washington Retreated

...s difficult indeed,
For every hero in the books
 Must sometime meet with me,
And every sweet-faced heroine
 I must kiss gallantly.”

Said Congress to George Washington:
 “But why must you retreat?”
Said Washington: “One moment, please,
 My story to complete.
These hero-folk are scattered through
 The whole United States;
At every little country town
 A man or maiden waits.”

To Congress said George Washington:
 “At Harlem I must be
On such a day to chat with one,
 And then I’...Read more of this...
by Butler, Ellis Parker

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