562. The Drum by John Scott
b"J Scott read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------\\n\\nThe Drum\\nby John Scott (1731 \\u2013 1783)\\n\\nI hate that drum's discordant sound, \\nParading round, and round, and round: \\nTo thoughtless youth it pleasure yields, \\nAnd lures from cities and from fields, \\nTo sell their liberty for charms \\nOf tawdry lace and glitt'ring arms; \\nAnd when Ambition's voice commands, \\nTo fight and fall in foreign lands.\\n\\nI hate that drum's discordant sound, \\nParading round, and round, and round: \\nTo me it talks of ravaged plains, \\nAnd burning towns and ruin'd swains, \\nAnd mangled limbs, and dying groans, \\nAnd widow's tears, and orphans moans, \\nAnd all that Misery's hand bestows, \\nTo fill a catalogue of woes.\\n\\nFirst aired: 17 September 2007\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008"