Praise
O friends of mine, if men mock at my name, Say “Children loved him.” Since by that word you will have far removed him From any bitter shame.
Ivor Gurney
O friends of mine, if men mock at my name, Say “Children loved him.” Since by that word you will have far removed him From any bitter shame.
Ivor Gurney’s short poem is a quiet plea to his friends. He imagines people mocking his name and tells his friends what to say in response: “Children loved him.” That simple phrase, he believes, would lift him far away from any bitter shame.
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