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A classic poem that honors the fallen soldiers in World War I, expressing their youth, courage, and immortality. The phrase "they shall not grow old" is a powerful reminder of the sacrifice and loss of the war.
They shall not grow old, As we who are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, Nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun And in the morning, We will remember them. Lest we forget.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
Learn about the meaning and origin of the quotation 'They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old', from Laurence Binyon's poem 'For the Fallen' (1914). Discover how the poem pays tribute to the war dead and how it was used in Peter Jackson's film.
A poem honoring the fallen soldiers in World War I, written by Laurence Binyon in 1914. The poem includes the famous lines "They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old" and compares the dead to the stars.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them. They mingle not with their laughing comrades again; They sit no more at familiar tables of home; They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them. They...
