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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VISIONS OF ITALY (AFTER CAPORETTO), by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON Poet's Biography
First Line: It was a black and baneful day
Last Line: As lover to his bride.
Subject(s): Caporetto, Battle Of (1917); Italy; World War I; Italians; First World War
First Line: It was a black and baneful day
Last Line: As lover to his bride.
Subject(s): Caporetto, Battle Of (1917); Italy; World War I; Italians; First World War
IT was a black and baneful day
In Chivalry's decline
When Austria found her devil's-way
To break Savoia's line.
"Five nights from now," the braggarts say,
"In Venice we shall dine."
The true world's hope again burned low,
And doubt grew pale to see
The havoc of the wily blow,
And warned of worse to be;
But my Italian heart cried "No,"
And dreamed of victory.
And while our very breath was hushed,
And few were tearless-eyed
To think of all the beauty crushed
And all that might betide
Across two seas my fancy rushed
As lover to his bride.
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