Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TRUCE, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE



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First Line: Far inland here death's pinions mocked the roar
Last Line: Us and our enemies.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter


Far inland here Death's pinions mocked the roar
Of English seas;
We sleep to wake no more,
Hushed, and at ease;
Till sound a trump, shore on to echoing shore,
Rouse from a peace, unwonted then to war,
Us and our enemies.





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