Produced by David Edwards, Sharon Verougstraete and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Illustration: _Poems of the Great War_ _1/net_ _National Relief Fund_] POEMS OF THE GREAT WAR _DUTY._ _Give gladly, you rich--'tis no more than you owe-- For the weal of your Country, your wealth's overflow! Even I that am poor am performing my part; I am giving my brain, I am giving my heart._ _WILLIAM WATSON_ POEMS OF THE GREAT WAR PUBLISHED ON BEHALF OF THE PRINCE OF WALES'S NATIONAL RELIEF FUND FOURTH EDITION LONDON CHATTO & WINDUS 1914 NOTE This collection of War Poems, the net profits from which will be given to the Prince of Wales's Fund, represents the free offering of English poets to the cause of National Relief. Most of the poems have appeared recently in the Press. Mr. Robert Bridges' opening contribution, Mr. Henry Newbolt's, Mr. Maurice Hewlett's, Mr. R. E. Vernède's, Mr. Binyon's, were all printed in the _Times_ during the few days immediately following the declaration of war, as also was the sonnet by Mr. William Watson. Sir Owen Seaman's poem came out originally in _Punch_, "The Hour" in the _Daily Telegraph_, "The United Front" in the _Daily Mail_. "We Willed it Not" is reprinted from the _Sphere_, "Duty" and "Commandeered" from the _Westminster Gazette_, and the poems by Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Cecil Chesterton from the _New Witness_. The _New Weekly_ published the verses by Mr. John Freeman, and the _Daily Chronicle_ those by Mr. Harold Begbie. The two hymns which close the collection are reprinted, by special permission of their authors, from volumes previously published. The publishers desire also to record their thanks to Mr. William Nicholson for the design which appears on the cover. CONTENTS PAGE "Wake up, England" _Robert Bridges_ 7 The Vigil _Henry Newbolt_ 9 To the Troubler of the World _William Watson_ 11 To England: To Strike Quickly _Maurice Hewlett_ 12 The Fourth of August _Laurence Binyon_ 13 The United Front _Alfred Noyes_ 15 England to the Sea _R. E. Vernède_ 18 The Hour _J. B. Fagan_ 21 The Wife of Flanders _G. K. Chesterton_ 23 The Stars in their Courses _John Freeman_ 25 Commandeered _L. G. Moberly_ 29 The Man who Keeps his Head _Harold Begbie_ 30 France _Cecil Chesterton_ 32 We Willed it Not _John Drinkwater_ 33 Pro Patria _Owen Seaman_ 35