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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
KILLED IN ACTION, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Happy the man whose home is still Last Line: And never left it once before. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Thomas, Edward (1878-1917) | |||
HAPPY the man whose home is still In Nature's green and peaceful ways; To wake and hear the birds so loud, That scream for joy to see the sun Is shouldering past a sullen cloud. And we have known those days, when we Would wait to hear the cuckoo first; When you and I, with thoughtful mind, Would help a bird to hide her nest, For fear of other hands less kind. But thou, my friend, art lying dead: War, with its hell-born childishness, Has claimed thy life, with many more: The man that loved this England well, And never left it once before. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TOOT BALDON, SELECTION by ANDREW MOTION HOMAGE TO EDWARD THOMAS by DEREK WALCOTT SOTTO VOCE; TO EDWARD THOMAS by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE TO E. T.: 1917 by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE ALL DAY IT HAS RAINED by ALUN LEWIS TO EDWARD THOMAS by ALUN LEWIS DEDICATIONS AND INSCRIPTIONS: 11. TO EDWARD THOMAS, WITH A PLAY by GORDON BOTTOMLEY EPITAPH FOR EDWARD THOMAS by JULIAN ABRAHAM A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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