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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWO FUSILIERS, by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: And have we done with war at last? / well, we've been lucky devils both
Last Line: In dead men breath.
Subject(s): World War I; First World War
First Line: And have we done with war at last? / well, we've been lucky devils both
Last Line: In dead men breath.
Subject(s): World War I; First World War
AND have we done with War at last?
Well, we've been lucky devils both,
And there's no need of pledge or oath
To bind our lovely friendship fast,
By firmer stuff
Close bound enough.
By wire and wood and stake we're bound,
By Fricourt and by Festubert,
By whipping rain, by the sun's glare,
By all the misery and loud sound,
By a Spring day,
By Picard clay.
Show me the two so closely bound
As we, by the red bond of blood,
By friendship, blossoming from mud,
By Death: we faced him, and we found
Beauty in Death,
In dead men breath.
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