An Eton Poetry Book The section ends with Brooke's "The Soldier": "If I should die, think only this of me, That there's some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England". The editors introduce this section by admitting that "the trochaic metre has not by itself played an important part in our literature ... Tennyson wrote 'Locksley Hall' in trochaics because Mr Hallam told him that the English people liked the metre, but it is very doubtful if he was right." There are fewer poems in this section by the best known names in English poetry, but Alington and Lyttelton include William
If Leaving Me Is Easy If Leaving Me Is Easy "If Leaving Me Is Easy" is a song by Phil Collins from his 1981 album "Face Value". Released as the third single from the album, it reached #17 in the UK, but was never released as a single in the United States. Collins sings in a high falsetto in its chorus. The song was later covered by The Isley Brothers for their 1985 album "Masterpiece". This was the first of two Phil Collins singles that featured Eric Clapton. The other single was "I Wish It Would Rain Down" from Collins' final album of the 1980s,