The Death of the Scharnhorst, and Other Poems — John Shaqi
The Death of the Scharnhorst, and Other PoemsMcKillen, Arch Alfred
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The Death of the Scharnhorst, and Other Poems
McKillen, Arch Alfred
Scharnhorst (Battleship) -- Poetry; Ships -- Poetry; World War, 1939-1945 -- Poetry
I Write to You in Red 18
’Tis Winter Now 18
Sonnet 19
The Tropic Dawn 20
Twilight 21
Echo 21
Star Course 22
Memorandum 23
The Litany of Pearl Harbor 23
We Were Waiting That Morning for Colors 26
The Motor Launch Crew 27
To the Garrison at Wake 28
Corregidor and Calvary 31
_When he and I had met_ 33
To the Marines 34
The Lads Who Go Below 35
The Road to High Wood 36
Night Watch 37
The Soldier and the Samovar 38
Nocturne 38
The Swing 39
Somewhere on Leave 40
The Sentry 41
I Watched Him in the Tournament 41
South Pacific 42
Deck-Ape 43
Sailor Boy 43
Avenge 44
The Crossing of the Rhine 45
The Ballad of the Dead Sailor 45
The Death of the _Scharnhorst_ 47
Little Boys and Little Dogs 53
_U.S.S. Oklahoma_ Returns to Her Crew 54
Night 56
For All Heroes 57
Foxhole 58
Bury Him 61
_THE BIRD, THE LAD AND ME_
The sky was touched with tints of morn,
A wind was in the trees,
I lay in bed awakened
By the murmur of the leaves.
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