A King once said of a Prince struck down,
“Taller he seems in death.”
And this speech holds truth, for now as then
‘ Tis after death that we measure men,
And as mists of the past are rolled away
Our heroes, who died in their tattered grey,
Grow “taller” and greater in all their parts
Till they fill our minds as they fill our hearts.
And for those who lament them there's this relief —
That Glory sits by the side of Grief,
Yes, they grow “taller” as the years pass by
And the World learns how they could do and die.