 There was a stately drama writ By the hand that peopled the earth and air And set the stars in the infinite And made night gorgeous and morning fair, And all that had sense to reason knew That bloody drama must be gone through.  Poems - Pagina xxviidi Alan Seeger - 1916 - 174 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
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...peopled the earth and air And set the stars in the infinite And made night gorgeous and morning fair, And all that had sense to reason knew That bloody drama must be gone through. And from the Liebstod— Truth or delusion, be it as it may, Yet think it true, dear friends, for,... | |
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...reason knew That bloody drama must be gone through. J Some sat and watched how the action veeredWaited, profited, trembled, cheered — We saw not clearly nor understood, But, yielding ourselves to the masterhand, Each in his part as best he could, We played it through as the author planned. MAKTOOB... | |
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...Sir Henry Newbolt. " We saw not clearly nor understood, But, yielding ourselves to the master-hand. Each in his part as best he could, We played it through as the author planned." — Alan Seeger. GO CONTENTS I. AMERICA RUDYARD KIPLINU: The Choice 3 HENRY VAN DYKE: "Liberty Enlightening... | |
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...previsioned, at Belloy-en-Santerre. The final lines of "The Hosts" are perhaps fitting requiem : — We saw not clearly nor understood, But, yielding ourselves...could, We played it through as the author planned. Bryant lived to a ripe old age. But he too met death of a sudden at last, with rather less of warning... | |
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...peopled the earth and air And set the stars in the infinite And made night gorgeous and morning fair, And all that had sense to reason knew That bloody drama must be gone through. Alan Seeger was born in New York on 22nd June 1888; his father and mother belonged to the old New England... | |
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