“To seek a Northwest Passage at the call of many men
To find there but the road back home again.”
Stan Rogers (1949–1983) Folk singer
Northwest Passage (1981)
“Men that are men again: Who goes home?”
Who Goes Home? (1914)
Context: Men that are men again: Who goes home?
Tocsin and trumpeter! Who goes home?
For there's blood on the grass and blood on the foam,
And blood on the body, when Man comes home.
And a voice valedictory: Who is for victory?
Who is for liberty?
Who goes home?
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