Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ALARUM, by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Stark to the skin, I crawled a knife-edged blade Last Line: And heard the crazy clanging of a bell. | ||||||||
Stark to the skin, I crawled a knife-edged blade Of melting ice above the pit of Hell, Flame-licked and scorched; yet strangely undismayed, Till on my ears a dizzy clamour fell, And dropt me sheer ... and, wakening in my bed, I saw the sky, beyond the chimneys red And heard the crazy clanging of a bell. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BETWEEN THE LINES by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON BREAKFAST by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON FLANNAN ISLE by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON FOR G. by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON GERANIUMS by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON LAMENT by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON RETREAT by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON RUPERT BROOKE by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON THE GORSE by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON THE ICE by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON |
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