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Poem by Jessie Pope


The Call


Who's for the trench—
Are you, my laddie?
Who'll follow French—
Will you, my laddie?
Who's fretting to begin,
Who's going out to win?
And who wants to save his skin—
Do you, my laddie?

Who's for the khaki suit—
Are you, my laddie?
Who longs to charge and shoot—
Do you, my laddie?
Who's keen on getting fit,
Who means to show his grit,
And who'd rather wait a bit—
Would you, my laddie?

Who'll earn the Empire's thanks—
Will you, my laddie?
Who'll swell the victor's ranks—
Will you, my laddie?
When that procession comes,
Banners and rolling drums—
Who'll stand and bite his thumbs—
Will you, my laddie?



Jessie Pope


Jessie Pope's other poems:
  1. Who's for the Game?
  2. Comrades in Arm-Lets
  3. Play the Game
  4. The Two Goliaths
  5. Love in a Mist


Poems of the other poets with the same name:

  • Henry Vaughan The Call ("COME, my heart ! come, my head")
  • Charlotte Mew The Call ("From our low seat beside the fire")
  • Rupert Brooke The Call ("Out of the nothingness of sleep")
  • George Meredith The Call ("And if not with a paler cheek")
  • George Herbert The Call ("Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life")
  • Edgar Guest The Call ("Joy stands on the hilltops")

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