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An Irishman Airman Sees His Death - W.B. Yeats

For The Fallen - Laurence Binyon

Exequy on his Wife - Henry King

Sudden Light - Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Say not the struggle not availeth - Arthur Hugh Clough

The last was written and spoken by the son:

I began by thinking I could save you, but in the end all I can de is honor you. My mother, first among women, my warmth and my comfort, my safety, my pride. You are the one I want to please, you are the one I want to applaud me. My father first among men, my teacher and my judge, the man I know I will become. You grow older now, you are still ahead of me as you will always be, forever further down the road. Forgive me for needing you to be strong forever. Forgive me for fearing your unhappiness. As you suffer so I shall suffer. As you endure I shall endure. Hold my hands and walk the old walk one last time, then let me go.