Following is one of the most celebrated poems of Rupert Brooke. It describes the noble sacrifice of an English soldier.
The Soldier
If I should die, think only this of me: That there’s some comer of a foreign field That is forever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;
A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam; A body of England’s, breathing English air, Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home. And think, this heart, all evil shed away, A pulse in the eternal mind, no less
Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given; Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day; And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness, In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.
Some phrases have been left out in the poem below. Fill in the missing phrases on listening to the reading or the audio played by the teacher. You may listen again, if required. Soldier
If I should die, (1)_____ That there’s some comer (2)_____ That is (3)_____ There shall beIn that rich earth a richer (4)_____ A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,Gave, (5)_____ roam;A body (6)_____ air,Washed (7)_____ suns of home.And think, (8)_____ away,A pulse in the (9)_____ , no less Gives somewhere back (10) given;Her (11)_____ ; dreams happy as her day;And laughter, (12)_____ ; and gentleness,In hearts (13)_____ English heaven.
