The Soldier by Rupert Brooke

In "The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke, the speaker asks that if they were to die, their friend should only remember that there is a piece of foreign land that will forever be England. They believe that in that land, their body will become part of the earth, enriched with the essence of England. They hope that their heart, which is lost to evil, will still somehow give back the thoughts that England has given them. The speaker cherishes the sights, sounds, dreams, laughter, and peace of an English heaven. The Soldier by Rupert Brooke If I should die, think only this of me, That there's some corner 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, blessed by sons of home. And think, this heart, for evil shed away, A pause in the eternal mind, No less give somewhere back the thoughts By England given. Her sights and sounds, dreams happy as her day, And laughter, learnt of friends, and gentleness, And hearts at peace under an English heaven.