Joy-of-Battle takes Him by the throat, and makes him blind, Through joy and blindness he shall know, Not caring much to know, that still Nor lead nor steel shall reach him, so That it be not the Destined Will. The thundering line of battle stands, And... Poems of the Great War - Pagina 120a cura di - 1916 - 297 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
| Harriet Monroe - 1917 - 356 pagine
...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...strong hands, And Night shall fold him in soft wings. Who will make up the final anthology of this war, the one which time will ratify? Will any of us, even... | |
| 1914 - 556 pagine
...bursting trees Leans to the sun's gaze glorying, And quivers in the sunny breeze ; And Life is Colour and Warmth and Light, And a striving evermore for...strong hands, And Night shall fold him in soft wings. That represents a state of mind very nearly allied to that in which great poetry is written, and it... | |
| 1916 - 884 pagine
...Copies of THE LIVINO AOE, 15 cents. He Is Dead Who Will Not Fight, etc. HE IS DEAD WHO WILL NOT FIGHT. The naked earth is warm with Spring, And with green...Night shall fold him in soft wings. Julian Grenfell. IN FLANDERS FIELDS. In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark... | |
| Edward Verrall Lucas - 1916 - 356 pagine
...to him each one a friend; They gently speak in the windy weather; They guide to valley and ridge's end. The kestrel hovering by day, And the little owls...strong hands, And Night shall fold him in soft wings. CXLIX MRS. HAVEN TO LADY STARR DEAR HELEN, — What dreadful news about the Lusitania! Things seem... | |
| Mrs. Humphry Ward - 1916 - 260 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...strong hands, And Night shall fold him in soft wings." A young man of another type, inheriting from the Cecils on the one side, and from his grandfather,... | |
| Robert Bridges - 1916 - 368 pagine
...— 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...strong hands, And Night shall fold him in soft wings. 428 . . Herein lives wisdom, beauty, and increase ; Without this, folly, age, and cold decay. . . NOW,... | |
| Mrs. Humphry Ward - 1916 - 326 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...strong hands, And Night shall fold him in soft wings." A. young man of another type, inheriting from the Cecils on the one side, and from his grandfather,... | |
| Mrs. Humphry Ward - 1916 - 222 pagine
...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...strong hands, And Night shall fold him in soft wings. A young man of another type, inheriting from the Cecils on the one side, and from his grandfather,... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner, John William Cunliffe, Ashley Horace Thorndike, Harry Morgan Ayres, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer - 1917 - 816 pagine
...the finest ever, son! RICHARD BUTLER GLAENZER. INTO BATTLE >-pHE naked earth is warm with Spring, J^ And with green grass and bursting trees Leans to the...the Hon. Julian Henry Francis Grenfell, DSO, of the ist (Royal) Dragoons, was wounded in the trenches in front of Ypres on May ijth, and died in hospital... | |
| George Herbert Clarke - 1917 - 322 pagine
...bursting trees Leans to the sun's gaze glorying, And quivers in the sunny breeze; And Life is Colour and Warmth and Light, And a striving evermore for...soft wings. Julian Grenfell Flanders, April, 1915 THE CRICKETERS OF FLANDERS THE first to climb the parapet With "cricket balls" in either hand; The... | |
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