 | Harriet Monroe - 1917 - 356 pagine
...hearts ! And when the burning moment breaks, And all things else are out of mind, And only Joy of Battle takes Him by the throat and makes him blind, Through joy and blindness shall he know, Not caring much to know, that still Nor lead nor steel shall reach him, so That it be... | |
 | Mrs. Humphry Ward - 1916 - 222 pagine
...hearts ! And when the burning moment breaks, And all things else are out of mind, And only Joy of Battle takes Him by the throat and makes him blind, Through joy and blindness he shall know, Not earing much to know, that still Nor lead nor steel shall reach him, so That it be not the Destined... | |
 | George Herbert Clarke - 1917 - 328 pagine
...And with the trees to newer birth; And find, when fighting shall be done, Great rest, and fullness after dearth. All the bright company of Heaven Hold...Destined Will. The thundering line of battle stands, And hi the air Death moans and sings; But Day shall clasp him with strong hands, And Night shall fold him... | |
 | 1917 - 188 pagine
...hearts ! And when the burning moment breaks And all things else are out of mind, And only Joy of Battle takes Him by the throat, and makes him blind. Through...blindness he shall know, Not caring much to know, that still1 Nor lead nor steel shall reach him, so That it be not the Destined Will. The thundering line... | |
 | Edward Bolland Osborn - 1917 - 346 pagine
...sunshine and with singing to win undying fame and deathless gratitude in the valleys of decision where — The thundering line of battle stands, And in the air Death moans and sings. They had inherited the blithe, unconquerable courage of the little professional Army which saved the... | |
 | Winifred Margaretta Kirkland - 1918 - 192 pagine
...fatalism of profound faith. Julian Grenfell, another of the slain, reveals the soldier psychology: — "Through joy and blindness he shall know Not caring...reach him, so That it be not the Destined will." The "Lettres d'un Soldat" read like a psalm of serenity, although, in terms of expression, his religion... | |
 | 1919 - 248 pagine
...hearts ! And when the burning moment breaks, And all things else are out of mind, And only Joy of Battle takes Him by the throat, and makes him blind, Through...he shall know, Not caring much to know, that still Not lead nor steel shall reach him, so That it be not the Destined Will. The thundering line of battle... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1920 - 836 pagine
...the soldier's belief. Julian GrenfelTs verse has been the fighting creed of many a man in France : ' Through joy and blindness he shall know — Not caring...shall reach him, so That it be not the Destined Will.' It was a kindred spirit that some thirteen centuries earlier thus exhorted his own soul : ' I said... | |
 | Jacqueline Theodore Trotter - 1923 - 216 pagine
...hearts ! And when the burning moment breaks, And all things else are out of mind, And only joy of battle takes Him by the throat, and makes him blind, Through...shall reach him, so That it be not the Destined Will. 40 The thundering line of battle stands, And in the air Death moans and sings; But Day shall clasp... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 pagine
...And when the burning moment breaks, as And all things else are out of mind, And only joy of battle takes Him by the throat, and makes him blind, Through...he shall know Not caring much to know, that still v1 Nor lead nor steel shall reach him, so That it be not the Destined Will. The thundering line of... | |
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In dreary, doubtful, waiting hours, Before the brazen frenzy starts, The horses show him nobler powers; O patient eyes, courageous hearts! And when the burning moment breaks, And all things -else are out of mind, And only... 
