Gerard Manley Hopkins (28 July 1844 – 8 June 1889 / Stratford, Essex)
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The Soldier
Yes. Why do we áll, seeing of a soldier, bless him? bless
Our redcoats, our tars? Both these being, the greater part,
But frail clay, nay but foul clay. Here it is: the heart,
Since, proud, it calls the calling manly, gives a guess
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