For The Fallen -Laurence Binyon 1914

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For The Fallen
by Laurence Binyon
1914
Read By Nigel Davenport

World War I came as a devastating experience, and Binyon's poem "For the Fallen" (1914) won immediate recognition as the expression of the feelings of a disillusioned generation.



With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.

Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres,
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables of home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England's foam.

But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the Night;

As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain;
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain.




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[Robin303]

I wish some one would do "Do not stand by my grave & Wheep" like this.

I have not heard a good musical interpritation of that poem.

But this is very good.

[JustAudio2008]

Thanks - I used the Bugle piece played at soldiers funerals.

I wanted to create a 'hollow and haunting feel' -but not spoil the great words and Nigels reading

[whispperson]

I Never knew that there was more words to this Incredible Poem what we hear every Rememberence Day.

It really does make you think and move you and i am not really into Poetry at all.

Thank you for this and i am saving it.

[JustAudio2008]

Glad you like it ,

Nigel Davenport does read it well

A lot of these poems are over 200 years old but still have a great meaning in todays World- hope you try a few others out on my site 'The Rivers Tale by Rudyard kipling' is a good one.

[tonester09]

The shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning:

We WILL remember them.

[Somme1916Somme]

Thankyou so much x

[Rugby1989Scot]

History but repeats itself. Those we lose these days are no less worthy than the heroes of 1914-18 or 1939-45. RIP. We shall never forget, never.

[aarontsmall1975]

@tonester09 We WILL remember them

Lest we forget

[theyellowchat]

Thank you for putting this up, it is very wonderful to hear the whole piece.

[MrPantherium]

Thank you for this video. Being a part of the Military Services myself, We Need to Remember the Fallen.

Everyone needs to remember what they gave.

[1994jmoore]

it's not really a song. poem.

[xelvislivesx]

Katherine Jenkins - Do not stand at my grave