A Treasury of War Poetry British and American Poems of the World War 1914-1917
By George Herbert Clarke
Length4h 45m
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This book contains poetry from numerous countries all centred around the subject of war. Primarily British and American poems dating from 1914 to 1917 have been collected in this edition by the editor George Clarke. The subject matter of these poems encompass patriotism, courage, self-sacrifice, enterprise, and endurance. Authors included are V Lindsay, Galsworthy, Kipling and others. (Excerpt from Goodreads)
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GenrePoetry
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Publish dateSep 18, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
78RHEIMS CATHEDRAL—1914
2INTRODUCTION
79I HAVE A RENDEZVOUS WITH DEATH….
3THE CHOICE
80THE SOLDIER
4"LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD"
81EXPECTANS EXPECTAVI
5TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
82THE VOLUNTEER
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6ABRAHAM LINCOLN WALKS AT MIDNIGHT
83INTO BATTLE
7THE "WILLIAM P. FRYE"
84THE CRICKETERS OF FLANDERS
8ENGLAND AND AMERICA
85"ALL THE HILLS AND VALES ALONG"
9TO AMERICA
86NO MAN'S LAND
10A CHANT OF LOVE FOR ENGLAND
87CHAMPAGNE, 1914-15
11AT ST. PAUL'S
88HEADQUARTERS
12JIMMY DOANE
89HOME THOUGHTS FROM LAVENTIE
13PRINCETON, MAY, 1917
90A PETITION
14THE VIGIL
91FULFILMENT
15"FOR ALL WE HAVE AND ARE"
92THE DAY'S MARCH
16ENGLAND TO FREE MEN
93THE SIGN
17PRO PATRIA
94THE TRENCHES
18LINES WRITTEN IN SURREY, 1917
95SONNETS
19FRANCE
96THE MESSINES ROAD
20THE NAME OF FRANCE
97THE CHALLENGE OF THE GUNS
21VIVE LA FRANCE!
98THE BEACH ROAD BY THE WOOD
22THE SOUL OF JEANNE D'ARC
99GERMAN PRISONERS
23O GLORIOUS FRANCE
100"—BUT A SHORT TIME TO LIVE"
24TO FRANCE
101BEFORE ACTION
25PLACE DE LA CONCORDE
102COURAGE
26TO FRANCE
103OPTIMISM
27QUI VIVE?
104THE BATTLEFIELD
28TO THE BELGIANS
105"ON LES AURA!"
29BELGIUM
106TO AN OLD LADY SEEN AT A GUESTHOUSE FOR SOLDIERS
30TO BELGIUM
107THE CASUALTY CLEARING STATION
31TO BELGIUM IN EXILE
108HILLS OF HOME
32THE WIFE OF FLANDERS
109THE RED CROSS SPIRIT SPEAKS
33RUSSIA—AMERICA
110CHAPLAIN TO THE FORCES
34TO RUSSIA NEW AND FREE
111SONG OF THE RED CROSS
35ITALY IN ARMS
112THE HEALERS
36ON THE ITALIAN FRONT, MCMXVI
113THE RED CROSS NURSES
37AUSTRALIA TO ENGLAND
114KILMENY
38CANADA TO ENGLAND
115THE MINE-SWEEPERS
39LANGEMARCK AT YPRES
116MARE LIBERUM
40CANADIANS
117THE DAWN PATROL
41THE KAISER AND BELGIUM
118DESTROYERS OFF JUTLAND
42THE BATTLE OF LIÈGE
119BRITISH MERCHANT SERVICE
43MEN OF VERDUN
120TO A SOLDIER IN HOSPITAL
44VERDUN
121BETWEEN THE LINES
45GUNS OF VERDUN
122THE WHITE COMRADE
46THE SPIRES OF OXFORD
123FLEURETTE
47OXFORD IN WAR-TIME
124NOT TO KEEP
48OXFORD REVISITED IN WAR-TIME
125THE DEAD
49THE WAR FILMS
126THE ISLAND OF SKYROS
50THE SEARCHLIGHTS
127FOR THE FALLEN
51CHRISTMAS: 1915
128TWO SONNETS
52"MEN WHO MARCH AWAY"
129"HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE"
53WE WILLED IT NOT
130THE DEBT
54THE DEATH OF PEACE
131REQUIESCANT
55IN WAR-TIME
132TO OUR FALLEN
56THE ANVIL
133THE OLD SOLDIER
57THE FOOL RINGS HIS BELLS
134LORD KITCHENER
58THE ROAD TO DIEPPE
135KITCHENER
59TO FELLOW TRAVELLERS IN GREECE
136THE FALLEN SUBALTERN
60"WHEN THERE IS PEACE"
137THE DEBT UNPAYABLE
61A PRAYER IN TIME OF WAR
138THE MESSAGES
62THEN AND NOW
139A CROSS IN FLANDERS
63THE KAISER AND GOD
140RESURRECTION
64THE SUPERMAN
141TO A HERO
65THREE HILLS
142RUPERT BROOKE
66THE RETURN
143THE PLAYERS
67THE MOBILIZATION IN BRITTANY
144A SONG
68THE TOY BAND
145HARVEST MOON
69THOMAS OF THE LIGHT HEART
146HARVEST MOON: 1916
70IN THE TRENCHES
147MY SON
71THE GUARDS CAME THROUGH
148TO THE OTHERS
72THE PASSENGERS OF A RETARDED SUBMERSIBLE
149THE JOURNEY
73EDITH CAVELL
150A MOTHER'S DEDICATION
74THE HELL-GATE OF SOISSONS
151TO A MOTHER
75THE VIRGIN OF ALBERT
152SPRING IN WAR-TIME
76RETREAT
153OCCASIONAL NOTES
77A LETTER FROM THE FRONT
154INDEX OF FIRST LINES
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