The Soldier (poem) quoted verbatim at the funeral of a soldier killed in battle (at 1:09:30). The Soldier (poem) "The Soldier" is a poem written by Rupert Brooke. The poem is the fifth of a series of poems entitled "1914". It is often contrasted with Wilfred Owen's 1917 antiwar poem "Dulce et Decorum est". The manuscript is located at King's College, Cambridge. This poem was written at the beginning of the First World War in 1914, as part of a series of sonnets written by Rupert Brooke. Brooke himself, predominantly a prewar poet, died the year after "The Soldier" was published. "The Soldier",
Viriato Trágico (poem) Viriato Trágico (poem) Viriato Trágico is an epic poem by Portuguese author Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas. "Viriato Trágico" is a long poem, consisting of twenty cantos. It was published posthumously in 1699. It is one of the most important epic poems written in Portuguese. The main hero of the poem is Viriatus. Aubrey F.G. Bell, the author of the handbook "Portuguese literature", wrote that the poem "contains some forcible descriptions and has a pleasantly patriotic and indigenous atmosphere". Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas (1595–1656) was a soldier and poet. He was a hero of the war of independence against the Spain.