602. The Drum by John Scott
Nov 25, 2013•1 min
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John Scott read by Classic Poetry Aloud:
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Giving voice to the poetry of the past.
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The Drum
by John Scott (1731 – 1783)
I hate that drum's discordant sound,
Parading round, and round, and round:
To thoughtless youth it pleasure yields,
And lures from cities and from fields,
To sell their liberty for charms
Of tawdry lace and glitt'ring arms;
And when Ambition's voice commands,
To fight and fall in foreign lands.
I hate that drum's discordant sound,
Parading round, and round, and round:
To me it talks of ravaged plains,
And burning towns and ruin'd swains,
And mangled limbs, and dying groans,
And widow's tears, and orphans moans,
And all that Misery's hand bestows,
To fill a catalogue of woes.
Reading © Classic Poetry Aloud, 2007.
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