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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET; OXFORD, 1916, by GEORGE SANTAYANA Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Darkling and groping, thin of blood, we wage Last Line: The old that erred and the young that died? Subject(s): World War I; First World War | |||
Darkling and groping, thin of blood, we wage Mechanic war: one vast crepuscular day Broods o'er the world; our very grief is grey; We wear no weeds; we loathe to tread the stage. Birds of all feathers in that motley cage Once chirp'd and sang their vernal longings gay; More life than is in life was in the play; More sweetness than in wisdom in the sage. When will return to earth that jocund year With marigolds and daisies golden-eye'd, Passionate lovers, and kings crown'd in pride? When will that teeming summer reappear And hide together in one flowery bier The old that erred and the young that died? | 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 |
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