Poems: Henry V by Williams Shakespear

Dar: And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remember'd;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

Dar: I recently watched the tv mini series Band of Brothers  - one of the original soldiers (Carwood Lipton) which the story is about quoted a short piece of thispiece and it struck a chord and lead me to read the whole of it.

Dar: A famous speech delivered by Henry V of England before the Battle of Agincourt in William Shakespeare's Henry V; Act IV, Scene 3:

Dar: The phrase was also often used by Horatio Nelson referring to his subordinate captains: "I had the happiness to command a band of brothers."