Will have to hear that word.
And, losing your free choice, you also lose
Your right to rank, on Memory's shining scrolls,
With those, your comrades, who made haste to choose
The willing service asked of loyal souls;
From all who gave such tribute of the heart
Your name will stand apart.
I think you cannot know what meed of shame
Shall be their certain portion who pursue
Pleasure "as usual" while their country's claim