The Test of a Hero
Return to R4A's Poem pg.
It's easy to fight for the cause of the right,
   When it's surely, steadily winning,
To nobly stand with a gallant band,
   When plaudits loud are dinning.
For nothing inspires and fans the fires
   Of our noblest, best endevour,
Like knowing success will crown our best,
   And glory be ours forever.
But to stand with the few and yet be true
   To a seemingly losing cause,
To fight for the right with all of your might
   With never a sound of applause;
To stand like a brave in the face of a grave,
   O'erhung with the cloud of defeat,
This, this the test of a hero, the best;
   A hero we seldom meet.
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