Though Heroes Are Made Of Poem by Francis Duggan

Though heroes are made of the brave war dead
Do not fight or die for your Country live for it instead
For to be remembered why should you wish to die young
The war dead don't hear when their praises are sung
Your life is the greatest gift you does possess
Far greater than any Worldly type of success
People die for their Country and enduring fame
But the dead do not hear when the living praise them by name
And the war dead do not know of the war street parade
And they do not hear when the Last Post is played
The longest lived human life in time not that long a span
So you ought to live for as long as you possibly can
For your life is the greatest gift you do possess
Far greater than any other form of success.