Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT THE FRONT, by GEROID TANQUARY ROBINSON Recitation by Author First Line: The king: / 'when I was at the front today Last Line: "so redred?I'm done!" Subject(s): War - Home Front | ||||||||
THE KING: "When I was at the front today I heard the cannon far away. The wounded all seemed very gay When I was at the front today." The General: "I dropped my glass a while ago And, 'pon my word, I hardly know How goes the battle down below A half a dozen miles or so." A Private: "They run! You say they run! For King and Fatherland we've won. Yes, hold me so! Is that the sun So redred?I'm done!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...QUEEN STREET WEST by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS POEM FOR A SOLDIER'S GIRL by JOHN CIARDI EPITAPHS OF THE WAR, 1914-18: A DEAD STATESMAN by RUDYARD KIPLING EPITAPHS OF THE WAR, 1914-18: BATTERIES OUT OF AMMUNITION by RUDYARD KIPLING THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS' by SARA TEASDALE TO THE GIRL WHO HELPED IN THE WAR by JOSEPHINE DODGE DASKAM BACON THE DEBT UNPAYABLE by FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON TO OUR GIRLS by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR 1917 - THE WAR CLASS by GEROID TANQUARY ROBINSON |
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