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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FEAR, by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I do not fear to die
Last Line: Lest I wake up dead.
Subject(s): World War I; First World War
First Line: I do not fear to die
Last Line: Lest I wake up dead.
Subject(s): World War I; First World War
I do not fear to die
'Neath the open sky,
To meet death in the fight
Face to face, upright.
But when at last we creep
Into a hole to sleep,
I tremble, cold with dread,
Lest I wake up dead.
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