"If we must die, let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,
While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,
Making their mock at our accursèd lot.
If we must die, O let us nobly die,
So that our precious blood may not be shed
In vain; then even the monsters we defy
Shall be constrained to honor us though dead!
O kinsmen! we must meet the common foe!
Though far outnumbered let us show us brave,
And for their thousand blows deal one death-blow!
What though before us lies the open grave?
Like men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack,
Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!"
-Claude McKay
(Apologies if I screwed up the enjambment - formatting is hard)
If this is to end in fire
Then we should all burn together
Watch the flames climb high into the night Calling out father oh
Stand by and we will
Watch the flames burn auburn on
The mountain side high And if we should die tonight
Then we should all die together
Raise a glass of wine for the last time