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These are examples of famous Patrolling poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous patrolling poems. These examples illustrate what a famous patrolling poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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To Any Dead Officer

...your face shows plain;
I hear you make some cheery old remark— 
I can rebuild you in my brain, 
Though you’ve gone out patrolling in the dark. 

You hated tours of trenches; you were proud 
Of nothing more than having good years to spend;
Longed to get home and join the careless crowd 
Of chaps who work in peace with Time for friend. 
That’s all washed out now. You’re beyond the wire: 
No earthly chance can send you crawling back; 
You’ve finished with machine-gun fire— 
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by Sassoon, Siegfried

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