{"id":262836,"date":"2021-05-30T21:09:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T18:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-dead-we-honor-shakespeare-for-memorial-day\/"},"modified":"2021-05-30T21:09:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T18:09:01","slug":"the-dead-we-honor-shakespeare-for-memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-dead-we-honor-shakespeare-for-memorial-day\/","title":{"rendered":"#The dead we honor: Shakespeare for Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f63ba4a0d1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f63ba4a0d1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-dead-we-honor-shakespeare-for-memorial-day\/#St_Crispins_Day\" >St. Crispin\u2019s Day<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#The dead we honor: Shakespeare for Memorial Day<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Memorial-Day_ARLINGTON_CEMETERY.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Memorial Day inspires mixed emotions: pride in the valor of those who gave their lives in the cause of freedom; sorrow that such self-sacrifice should have been necessary. Pride in past valor may be best expressed in the St. Crispin\u2019s Day speech from \u201cHenry V\u201d (Act IV, Scene iii), delivered by the young king on the eve of the Battle of Agincourt.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"St_Crispins_Day\"><\/span>St. Crispin\u2019s Day<br \/><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>By William Shakespeare (1564-1616)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>If we are mark\u2019d to die, we are enow<br \/>To do our country loss; and if to live<br \/>The fewer men, the greater share of honour.<br \/>God\u2019s will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.<br \/>By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,<br \/>Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;<br \/>It yearns me not if men my garments wear;<br \/>Such outward things dwell not in my desires:<br \/>But if it be a sin to covet honour,<br \/>I am the most offending soul alive.<br \/>No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England:<br \/>God\u2019s peace! I would not lose so great an honour<br \/>As one man more, methinks, would share from me<br \/>For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more!<br \/>Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,<br \/>That he which hath no stomach to this fight,<br \/>Let him depart; his passport shall be made<br \/>And crowns for convoy put into his purse:<br \/>We would not die in that man\u2019s company<br \/>That fears his fellowship to die with us.<br \/>This day is call\u2019d the feast of Crispian:<br \/>He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,<br \/>Will stand a tip-toe when this day is named,<br \/>And rouse him at the name of Crispian.<br \/>He that shall live this day, and see old age,<br \/>Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbors,<br \/>And say \u2018Tomorrow is Saint Crispian:\u2019<br \/>Then he will s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> his sleeve and show his scars,<br \/>And say \u2018These wounds I had on Crispin\u2019s day.\u2019<br \/>Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,<br \/>But he\u2019ll remember with advantages<br \/>What feats he did that day: then shall our names,<br \/>Familiar in his mouth as household words,<br \/>Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter,<br \/>Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester,<br \/>Be in their flowing cups freshly remember\u2019d.<br \/>This story shall the good man teach his son;<br \/>And Crispin Crispian shall ne\u2019er go by,<br \/>From this day to the ending of the world,<br \/>But we in it shall be remembered;<br \/>We few, we h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y few, we band of brothers.<br \/>For he to-day that sheds his blood with me<br \/>Shall be my brother; be he ne\u2019er so vile,<br \/>This day shall gentle his condition.<br \/>And gentlemen in England now abed<br \/>Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,<br \/>And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks<br \/>That fought with us upon Saint Crispin\u2019s day.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The English at Agincourt lost about 700 men; the French dead totaled at least 8,000, including seven princes of the blood and the flower of French chivalry.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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