October, and Other Poems; with Occasional Verses on the WarBridges, Robert
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October, and Other Poems; with Occasional Verses on the War
Bridges, Robert
English poetry -- 20th century; World War, 1914-1918 -- Poetry
NOEL: CHRISTMAS EVE, 1913 4
IN DER FREMDE 6
THE PHILOSOPHER AND HIS MISTRESS 7
NARCISSUS 8
OUR LADY 10
THE CURFEW TOWER 13
FLYCATCHERS 15
GHOSTS 16
Έτώσιον ἄχθος ἀρούρης 16
HELL AND HATE 17
“WAKE UP, ENGLAND!” 20
LORD KITCHENER 22
ODE ON THE TERCENTENARY COMMEMORATION OF SHAKESPEARE, 1916 23
THE CHIVALRY OF THE SEA 28
FOR “PAGES INÉDITES,” ETC. 30
GHELUVELT 30
THE WEST FRONT 31
TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 33
TRAFALGAR SQUARE 34
CHRISTMAS EVE, 1917 36
TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 38
OUR PRISONERS OF WAR IN GERMANY 39
HARVEST-HOME 40
TO AUSTRALIA 42
THE EXCELLENT WAY 43
ENGLAND TO INDIA 45
BRITANNIA VICTRIX 47
DER TAG: NELSON AND BEATTY 51
TO BURNS 56
POOR CHILD 57
TO PERCY BUCK 58
TO HARRY ELLIS WOOLDRIDGE 59
FORTUNATUS NIMIUM 60
DEMOCRITUS 62
NOTES 63
OCTOBER.
April adance in play
met with his lover May
where she came garlanded.
The blossoming boughs o’erhead
were thrill’d to bursting by
the dazzle from the sky
and the wild music there
that shook the odorous air.
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