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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BATTLE: 1. THE RETURN, by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: He went, and he was gay to go
Last Line: What stranger would come back to me.
Subject(s): World War I; First World War
First Line: He went, and he was gay to go
Last Line: What stranger would come back to me.
Subject(s): World War I; First World War
He went, and he was gay to go;
And I smiled on him as he went.
My son -- 'twas well he couldn't know
My darkest dread, nor what it meant --
Just what it meant to smile and smile
And let my son go cheerily --
My son ... and wondering all the while
What stranger would come back to me.
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