Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWO VOICES, by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN Poet's Biography First Line: There's something in the air, he said Last Line: "and still ""we're going south, man,"" deadly near." Alternate Author Name(s): Blunden, Edmund Subject(s): World War I; First World War | ||||||||
"THERE'S something in the air," he said In the large parlour cool and bare; The plain words in his hearers bred A tumult, yet in silence there All waited; wryly gay, he left the phrase, Ordered the march and bade us go our ways. "We're going South, man"; as he spoke The howitzer with huge ping-bang Racked the light hut; as thus he broke The death-news, bright the skylarks sang; He took his riding-crop and humming went Among the apple-trees all bloom and scent. Now far withdraws the roaring night Which wrecked our flower after the first Of those two voices; misty light Shrouds Thiepval Wood and all its worst: But still "There's something in the air" I hear, And still "We're going South, man," deadly near. | 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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