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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE QUESTION, by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON Poet's Biography
First Line: I wonder if the old cow died or not
Last Line: Till doomsday if the old cow died or not.
Subject(s): World War I; First World War
First Line: I wonder if the old cow died or not
Last Line: Till doomsday if the old cow died or not.
Subject(s): World War I; First World War
I wonder if the old cow died or not.
Gey bad she was the night I left, and sick.
Dick reckoned she would mend. He knows a lot --
At least he fancies so himself, does Dick.
Dick knows a lot. But maybe I did wrong
To leave the cow to him, and come away.
Over and over like a silly song
These words keep bumming in my head all day.
And all I think of, as I face the foe
And take my lucky chance of being shot,
Is this -- that if I'm hit, I'll never know
Till Doomsday if the old cow died or not.
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