The spirit drank the café lights; All the hot life that glittered there, And heard men say to women gay, 'Life is just so in France'. The spirit dreams of café lights, And golden faces and soft tones, And hears men groan to broken men, 'This is not Life in France'. Heaped stones and a charred signboard shows With grass between and dead folk under, And some birds sing, while the spirit takes wing. And this is Life in France. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DAISY; WRITTEN AT EDINBURGH by ALFRED TENNYSON THIS FLESH by KENNETH SLADE ALLING IDYLL 15. THE EPITHALAMIUM OF ACHILLES AND DEIDAMIA by BION THIRD YPRES by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN AN INVECTIVE AGAINST THE WORLD, SELECTION by NICHOLAS BRETON |