Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ARMED FOR WAR, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis First Line: Is life on earth a viler thing Last Line: To rub a sleepy eye? Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Life Change Events | ||||||||
Is life on Earth a viler thing Than ever was known before? Who shall we ask the wise old man Whose years have reached five score? When we have questioned Church and State, Is there anyone else to ask? Is it the Baby, three weeks old, That wears a gas-proof mask? Is it the Infant armed to meet A poisoned earth and sky A thing too weak to lift its hand To rub a sleepy eye? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CITY IN WHICH I WAS BORN WAS DESTROYED BY CANNON by YEHUDA AMICHAI AT FIRST I WAS GIVEN by MARGARET ATWOOD THE WORLD'S A STAGE by HILAIRE BELLOC LEARNING TO TALK by CECIL DAY LEWIS THE NEWBORN by CECIL DAY LEWIS SOMEBODY'LL HAV' TO SHOOT YA DOWN' by NORMAN DUBIE AFTER THREE PHOTOGRAPHS OF BRASSAI by NORMAN DUBIE A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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