 | Sir John Collings Squire - 1923 - 632 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, 245 ' Nor lead nor steel shall reach him, so That it be not the Destined Will. The thundering line... | |
 | Jessie Belle Rittenhouse - 1924 - 308 pagine
...brother, If this be the last song you shall sing, Sing well, for you may not sing another; Brother, sing." In dreary, doubtful waiting hours, Before the brazen...he shall know, Not caring much to know, that still The thundering line of battle stands, And in the air Death moans and sings; But Day shall clasp him... | |
 | Walter Raleigh - 1926 - 354 pagine
...you seen Julian Grenfell's great poem ? The fatalistic verse is true of more things than War — " Through joy and blindness he shall know, Not caring...shall reach him, so That it be not the Destined Will." I do love that " not caring much to know " — a little sensitive movement of pride, in case you should... | |
 | 1918 - 916 pagine
...young officer has 50 Soldier Poets. been killed while reciting two lines from his ecstatic battle-hymn, The thundering line of battle stands, And in the air Death moans and sings, and awaiting the "zero" moment for leading his men over the parapet in a triumphant attack. Several... | |
 | Richard Hoffpauir - 1991 - 348 pagine
...ignorance: 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, . . . (35-40) It is difficult finding anything patriotic in this poem; it is both self-serving and... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pagine
...Loves the Birds complain: (1. 12) EnRP; NOBE; NOEC; NoP; OBD; PeHV; PoE; PoEL-3; SeCePo; Son; TrGrPo 3 (1. 39—41) 4 The thundering line of battle stands, And in the air Death moans and sings: But Day... | |
 | Michael Seed - 2000 - 194 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...lead nor steel shall reach him, so That it be not the Destin'd Will. The thundering line of battle stands, And in the air Death moans and sings: But Day... | |
 | James Charlton - 2002 - 204 pagine
...like the tourneys of the Middle Ages. I have no use for knights; I need revolutionaries. ADOLF HITLER The thundering line of battle stands, And in the air Death moans and sings JULIAN GRENFILL, "Into Battle" Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of... | |
 | Arthur St. John Adcock - 1918 - 304 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...caring much to know, that still Nor lead nor steel can reach him, so That it be not the destined Will. The thundering line of battle stands, And in the... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1920 - 784 pagine
...the soldier's belief. Julian Grenfell's verse has been the fighting creed of many & man in France : ' Through joy and blindness he shall know — Not caring...— that still Nor lead nor steel shall reach him, BO That it be not the Destined Will.' It was a kindred spirit that some thirteen centuries earlier... | |
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And only 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. 
