Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT THE WAR OFFICE, LONDON, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Last year I called this world of gaingivings Last Line: From ind to occident. Subject(s): Boer War; South African War | ||||||||
(Affixing the Lists of Killed and Wounded: December 1899) I LAST year I called this world of gaingivings The darkest thinkable, and questioned sadly If my own land could heave its pulse less gladly, So charged it seemed with circumstance that brings The tragedy of things. II Yet at that censured time no heart was rent Or feature blanched of parent, wife, or daughter By hourly posted sheets of scheduled slaughter; Death waited Nature's wont; Peace smiled unshent From Ind to Occident. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A WIFE IN LONDON by THOMAS HARDY THE SOULS OF THE SLAIN by THOMAS HARDY RANK AND FILE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON SONG OF THE SOLDIERS' WIVES AND SWEETHEARTS by THOMAS HARDY THE COLONEL'S SOLILOQUY by THOMAS HARDY THE GOING OF THE BATTERY; WIVES' LAMENTS by THOMAS HARDY AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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