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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PIERROT GOES TO WAR, by GABRIELLE ELLIOT First Line: In the sheltered garden, pale beneath the moon Last Line: Pierrot goes forward—but what of pierrette? Alternate Author Name(s): Forbush, Gabrielle E. Subject(s): Women & War; World War I; First World War | |||
IN the sheltered garden, pale beneath the moon, (Drenched with swaying fragrance, redolent with June!) There, among the shadows, some one lingers yet— Pierrot, the lover, parts from Pierrette. Bugles, bugles, bugles, blaring down the wind, Sound the flaming challenge—Leave your dreams behind! Come away from shadows, turn your back on June— Pierrot, go forward to face the golden noon! In the muddy trenches, black and torn and still, (How the charge swept over, to break against the hill!) Huddled in the shadows, boyish figures lie— They whom Death, saluting, called upon to die. Bugles, ghostly bugles, whispering down the wind— Dreams too soon are over, gardens left behind. Only shadows linger, for love does not forget— Pierrot goes forward—but what of Pierrette? | 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 WASHING-DAY by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |
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