Friday, January 3, 2003
Men Who March Away Comments
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Song of the Soldiers
What of the faith and fire within us
Men who march away
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8/2/2025 11:33:35 PM # 1.0.0
Hardy surely intended this poem (written at the outbreak of the First World War) to be ironic.The beliefs outlined in the penultimate verse ('victory crowns the just' and 'braggarts surely must'...) are Boy's Own stuff, constituting a misplaced faith in victory that is bound to lead to disillusionment.