Mad As A Bag Of Frogs

[Sam Slater]

Ha, yes mrmcfister, thank you, I just made it up on the spot. The use of the word 'yet' in the last two lines makes it shite though, and it should have ended as a question I think.

Fear not for death overwhelmes me,
For as I felt thy knife, I hated thee not.
For am I not to die the soldiers death,
just so the maggots have their way?

Even then, the poem(ha!) makes no sense. The first line is telling his killer not to worry, the second that I do not blame him (for I would have done the same maybe?) My wish in line three is to die there and then, in glorious battle, but I've only sustained a horrid wound that, whilst won't kill me, will make sure I live a crippled, rotting last few days, where no glory exists (line four). My killer has made sure I can't have the death I crave, so why am I so forgiving?

A fith line "I pray thee, thrust again!" Would some up the dying man's feelings better.