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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT THE FRONT, by GEROID TANQUARY ROBINSON Recitation by Author
First Line: The king: / 'when I was at the front today
Last Line: "so red—red?—I'm done!"
Subject(s): War - Home Front
First Line: The king: / 'when I was at the front today
Last Line: "so red—red?—I'm done!"
Subject(s): War - Home Front
THE KING:
"When I was at the front today
I heard the cannon far away.
The wounded all seemed very gay
When I was at the front today."
The General:
"I dropped my glass a while ago
And, 'pon my word, I hardly know
How goes the battle down below
A half a dozen miles or so."
A Private:
"They run! You say they run!
For King and Fatherland we've won.
—Yes, hold me so! Is that the sun
So red—red?—I'm done!"
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