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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOTLEY: PEACE, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Night is o'er england, and the winds are still
Last Line: These bright dews once were mixed with bloody sweat.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Peace; World War I; First World War
First Line: Night is o'er england, and the winds are still
Last Line: These bright dews once were mixed with bloody sweat.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Peace; World War I; First World War
Night is o'er England, and the winds are still;
Jasmine and honeysuckle steep the air;
Softly the stars that are all Europe's fill
Her heaven-wide dark with radiancy fair;
That shadowed moon now waxing in the west
Stirs not a rumour in her tranquil seas;
Mysterious sleep has lulled her heart to rest,
Deep even as theirs beneath her churchyard trees.
Secure, serene; dumb now the night-hawk's threat;
The guns' low thunder drumming o'er the tide;
The anguish pulsing in her stricken side ....
All is at peace -- But, never, heart,forget:
For this her youngest, best, and bravest died,
These bright dews once were mixed with bloody sweat.
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