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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THROUGH THE MEUSE-ARGONNE TODAY, by ROBERT CARY First Line: Not fraught with death and havoc the campaign Last Line: As through the meuse-argonne they lead the way. Subject(s): World War I; First World War | |||
Not fraught with death and havoc the campaign We wage today amid the blind and slain. Not through a no-man's-land, a thousand hells Weird-hued, of smoke and fire and murderous shells -- The scourging thunders of the battlegame, All the fierce lightnings of a world aflame; No, not through these stunned fields, these craters hoarse With bloody wreckage lies today our course. Ours is a simple part: the duty born Of human fellowship for hearts forlorn; Of love and gratitude for those who dared Intrepidly all hazards; those who shared Buddy to buddy, comrade good with ill. Today we bear the flag of high good-will. "Forget-Me-Not!" the very blossoms say As through the Meuse-Argonne they lead the way. | 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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