Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE MEDITERRANEAN - GOING TO THE WAR, by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE Poet's Biography First Line: Lovely wings of gold and green Last Line: In my heart a newer song. Subject(s): Mediterranean Sea; World War I; First World War | ||||||||
LOVELY wings of gold and green Flit about the sounds I hear, On my window when I lean To the shadows cool and clear. . . . . Roaming, I am listening still, Bending, listening overlong, In my soul a steadier will, In my heart a newer song. | 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 EVENING CLOUDS by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE |
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