To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Saint Crispin's Day Speech
from Henry V by William Shakespeare
This day is called the feast of Crispian:
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when the day is named,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say 'To-morrow is Saint Crispian:'
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars.
And say 'These wounds I had on Crispin's day.'
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day: then shall our names.
Familiar in his mouth as household words
Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester,
Be in their flowing cups freshly remember'd.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remember'd;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
2,743 posted on
04/09/2003 7:01:41 AM PDT by
Socratic
(A little questioning couldn't hurt.)
To: Socratic
Oh, the Saint Crispin's Day Speech...BEAUTIFUL!!!
2,758 posted on
04/09/2003 7:03:25 AM PDT by
Kip Lange
(The Khaki Pants of Freedom)
To: Socratic
"...For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here..."What a great read...thanks.
2,787 posted on
04/09/2003 7:05:40 AM PDT by
amom
To: Socratic
Let Freedom ring
Let the white dove sing
Let the whole world know that today
Is a Day of reckoning
Let the weak be strong
Let the right be wrong
Roll the stone away
Let the guilty pay
It's Independence Day
2,822 posted on
04/09/2003 7:08:21 AM PDT by
justshe
(Become a monthly donor: Eliminate Freepathons!)
To: Socratic
Thank you for posting the speech! Awesome...the Iraqi people pulling down the statue...w/ help from the US Marines.
2,848 posted on
04/09/2003 7:10:53 AM PDT by
Ragtime Cowgirl
("I'm not feeling a lot of love in here right now"- Brig. Gen. Brooks to press corp, CENTCOM, Apr. 9)
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