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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWO POEMS FROM THE WAR: 1, by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, not the loss of the accomplished thing! Last Line: All-possible irradiance of dawn. Alternate Author Name(s): Fleming, Archibald Subject(s): World War I; First World War | |||
Oh, not the loss of the accomplished thing! Not dumb farewells, nor long relinquishment Of beauty had, and golden summer spent, And savage glory of the fluttering Torn banners of the rain, and frosty ring Of moon-white winters, and the imminent Long-lunging seas, and the glowing shoulders bent To race on some smooth beach the sea-gull's wing: Not these, nor all we've been, nor all we've loved, The pitiful familiar names, had moved Our hearts to weep for them; but oh, the star The future is! Eternity's too wan To give again that undefeated, far, All-possible irradiance of dawn. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...D'ANNUNZIO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY 1915: THE TRENCHES by CONRAD AIKEN TO OUR PRESIDENT by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES CHILDREN OF THE WAR by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE U-BOAT CREWS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE RED CROSS NURSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES WAR PROFITS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE UNCHANGEABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN AN ETERNITY by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH |
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