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Some phrases have been left out in the poem below. Fill in the missing phrases on listening to the reading or the audio played by the teacher. You may listen again, if required
The Soldier
If I should die, ______
That there’s some corner______
That is ______ There shall be
In that rich earth a richer ______
A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,
Gave, _____ roam;
A body ______ air,
Washed ______ suns of home.
And think, ______ away,
A pulse in the ______, no less
Gives somewhere back ______ given;
Her______; dreams happy as her day;
And laughter,______ and gentleness,
In hearts .______ English heaven.
Rupert Brooke
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Solution
The Soldier
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, blest by suns of home.
And think, this heart, all evil shed away,
A pulse in the eternal mind, no less
Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;
Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;
And laughter learnt of friends; and gentleness,
In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.
Rupert Brooke
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