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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ARMISTICE DAY, by JOHN FREEMAN Poet's Biography
First Line: Birds stayed not their singing
Last Line: A deeper breath than passion knew.
Subject(s): Death; Life; Time; Dead, The
First Line: Birds stayed not their singing
Last Line: A deeper breath than passion knew.
Subject(s): Death; Life; Time; Dead, The
BIRDS stayed not their singing,
The heart its beating,
The blood its steady coursing.
The child in the dark womb
Stirred; dust settled in the tomb.
Old wounds were still smarting,
Echoes were hollow-sounding,
New desires still upspringing.
No silent Armistice might stay
Life and Death wrangling in the old way.
Earth's pulse still was beating,
The bright stars circling;
Only our tongues were hushing.
While Time ticked silent on, men drew
A deeper breath than passion knew.
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