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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: GENERALS Matches Found: 31 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` "THE SONG OF BRADDOCK'S MEN [MAY 29, 1755]", by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "to arms, to arms! My jolly grenadiers!" Last Line: "'tis nobly done, - the day's our own, - huzzah, huzzah!" Subject(s): "braddock, Edward (1695-1755);french & Indian Wars;generals; A MARCH, by CHARLES KINGSLEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dreary east winds howling o'er us Last Line: What can daunt us, what can turn us, led to death by such as he? Subject(s): Generals ABSTRACT OF THE SURGEON-GENERAL'S REPORT, by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The surgeon-general by brevet Last Line: Editions of your cookery-books Alternate Author Name(s): Croaker Subject(s): Army - United States; Generals; Poetry And Poets BALLAD OF THE SABRE CROSS AND 7, by IRVING BACHELLER Poem Text First Line: A troop of sorrels led by vic and then a troop of bays Last Line: In the rolling waves we dug their graves and left them under the sod. Subject(s): Generals; Native Americans - Wars; War BELISARIUS, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am poor and old and blind Last Line: Am belisarius! Subject(s): Belisarius (505-565); Constantinople; Generals; Istambul; Byzantium BELISARIUS (1), by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Blind I am, and poor and aged, but my spirit holds its might Last Line: For my fame shall live beyond me, and the recompense is nigh. Alternate Author Name(s): Myers, Frederic Subject(s): Belisarius (505-565); Constantinople; Generals; Istambul; Byzantium BELISARIUS (2), by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A beggar begging in the public streets Last Line: "my deeds—my deeds—shall ring through after time." Alternate Author Name(s): Myers, Frederic Subject(s): Belisarius (505-565); Constantinople; Generals; Istambul; Byzantium BRADDOCK'S FATE, WITH AN INCITEMENT TO REVENGE (1755), by STEPHEN TILDEN Poem Text First Line: Come all ye sons of brittany Last Line: Composed august 20,1775. Subject(s): Braddock, Edward (1695-1755); French And Indian Wars; Generals CLEBURNE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Another ray of light hath fled, another southern brave Subject(s): American Civil War; Cleburne, Patrick Ronayne (1828-1864); Generals; U.s. - History DREAM AND LIE OF GENERAL FRANCO, by PABLO PICASSO Poem Source First Line: Owl fandango escabeehe swords of octopus of evil omen furry dishrag Last Line: Imbedded in the rock Subject(s): Franco, Francisco (1892-1975); Generals; Lies; Omens; Revolutions ENGLISH, by REETIKA VAZIRANI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Their army barracks were fun in the jungle Last Line: With its thin rays on the windowpane Variant Title(s): Lunch At The Army Canteen Subject(s): English Language; Generals; Great Britain - Civil War; Military; Soldiers; English Civil War ENGLISH, by REETIKA VAZIRANI Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Their army barracks were fun in the jungle Last Line: With its thin rays on the windowpane Variant Title(s): Lunch At The Army Cantee Subject(s): English Language; Generals; Great Britain - Civil War; Military; Soldiers FIELD OF PTUJ, by TOMAZ SALAMUN Poem Source First Line: You were tired at the very beginning Last Line: That's not the way you figured it, mon general Subject(s): Generals; Grandparents; Yugoslavia FOR RICHARD SPENDER, by MARY DOREEN SPENDER Poem Text First Line: Gone in an instant Last Line: And what, beyond our sight, its secret orbit shows. Subject(s): Death; Generals; World War Ii; Dead, The; Second World War GENERAL, by PHILLIPS KLOSS Poem Source First Line: He was a cavalry captian when my sister married him at the Subject(s): Generals GENERAL GORDON, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Victorious through failure! Faithful lord Last Line: —farewell a while! We climb where thou hast clomb! Subject(s): Christianity; Generals; God; Gordon, Charles George (1833-1885); War GENERAL MERCER AT PRINCETON, by CHARLES DAVIS PLATT Poem Text First Line: Here mercer fell, with bayonet-pierced breast Last Line: And kindle in men's hearts the heroic flame. Subject(s): American Revolution; Generals; Princeton, Battle Of (1777) ISABELLA; OR, THE MORNING, SELECTION, by CHARLES HANBURY WILLIAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The monkey, lap-dog, parrot, and her grace Last Line: Guiltless they'll gaze, and innocent adore. Subject(s): Generals; Morning; Retirement LEE, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My mother's people Subject(s): African Americans; Fathers; Generals; Lee, Robert Edward (1807-1870); Slavery; Southern States; Virginia (state); Negroes; American Blacks; Serfs; South (u.s.) LEE, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My mother's people Last Line: Chaining his mother to lee Subject(s): African Americans; Fathers; Generals; Lee, Robert Edward (1807-1870); Slavery; Southern States; Virginia (state) NED BRADDOCK [JULY 9, 1755], by JOHN WILLIAMSON PALMER Poem Text First Line: Said the sword to the ax Last Line: "steeple and state!"" said the ax to the sword." Subject(s): Braddock, Edward (1695-1755); French And Indian Wars; Generals NIGHTLINE: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE GENERAL, by RONALD W. WALLACE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The retired general is talking about restraint Last Line: The general's retired all talk of restraint. %he aligns himself with god. And god's no saint Alternate Author Name(s): Wallace, Ron Subject(s): Generals; Television OF GENERAL GOURAUD, by ROBERTA BALFOUR Poem Text First Line: He wears an empty sleeve Last Line: To victory, to liberty,—humanity! Subject(s): Blood; Courage; Generals; Leadership; Sacrifices; War; Valor; Bravery SONGS FROM THE SEARCH OF BELISARIUS: THE CYPRIOT'S SONG, by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Two things the gods cannot destroy Last Line: Where sacrifice is paid. Subject(s): Belisarius (505-565); Constantinople; Generals; Istambul; Byzantium SONGS FROM THE SEARCH OF BELISARIUS: THE GIRL'S SONG, by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Tell me! If you found me in a mart Last Line: And dream of me? Subject(s): Belisarius (505-565); Constantinople; Generals; Istambul; Byzantium SONGS FROM THE SEARCH OF BELISARIUS: THE KNIGHT'S SONG, by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My lady loves her radiant garden Last Line: Give me love! Subject(s): Belisarius (505-565); Constantinople; Generals; Istambul; Byzantium STATE OF THE UNION: 4. RETURN OF THE HEROES, by JOHN PEPPER CLARK Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: They have all come back as if nothing Last Line: They were not among the countless dead Alternate Author Name(s): Clark-bekederemo, J. P.; Clark, J. P. Subject(s): Generals; Heroism; Homecoming; State Rights; War STATE OF THE UNION: 5. EASTER 1976, by JOHN PEPPER CLARK Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: What came uppermost in their minds Last Line: What came uppermost in their minds? Alternate Author Name(s): Clark-bekederemo, J. P.; Clark, J. P. Subject(s): Death; Generals; Military; Quarrels THE GENERAL, by SIEGFRIED SASSOON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Good-morning: good-morning!' the general said Last Line: But he did for them both by his plan of attack. Subject(s): Generals; Hate; Soldiers' Writings; World War I; First World War THE IDEAL GENERAL, by ARCHILOCHUS Poem Text First Line: Not for me the general renowned nor the well-groomed dandy Last Line: Provided he's firm on his feet and is valiant in heart. Alternate Author Name(s): Archilochos Subject(s): Generals THE MODERN MAJOR-GENERAL, FR. THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, by WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am the very pattern [or, model] of a modern major-gineral [general] Last Line: I'm still the very model of a modern major-general. Alternate Author Name(s): Gilbert, W. S. Variant Title(s): Major General's Song Subject(s): Generals |
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