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Subject: VERDUN, BATTLE OF (1916)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` GUNS OF VERDUN, by PATRICK REGINALD CHALMERS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Guns of verdun point to metz
Last Line: "gunners lay you east again!"
Subject(s): Verdun, Battle Of (1916); World War I; First World War


MEMORIES OF VERDUN, by ALAN DUGAN    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The men laughed and baaed like sheep
Last Line: They were afraid of less, its lieutenant
Subject(s): World War I; Verdun, Battle Of (1916); First World War


MEN OF VERDUN, by LAURENCE BINYON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: There are five men in the moonlight
Last Line: Is written on their flesh.
Subject(s): Verdun, Battle Of (1916); World War I; First World War


VERDUN, by EDEN PHILLPOTTS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Three hundred thousand men, but not enough
Last Line: Thou star upon the crown of liberty!
Subject(s): Verdun, Battle Of (1916); World War I; First World War