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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ARMS OLD AND NEW, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: How changed our warfare and the arms we yield Last Line: We arm the depths above us and beneath! Subject(s): Arms & Armor | |||
How changed our warfare and the arms we wield! The Phalanx, once the Macedonian's pride, Has fled dishearten'd from the battle-field, Since Flamininus pierced its wounded side: Gone is the Roman Legion's tramp and clang: The Ram assaults not now the leaguer'd wall; Our English Bowman is beyond recall - The Rifle cracks where late the arrow sang! The Trumpet lingers yet beyond them all, But to its voice no mail-clad warrior hies, Nor lifts a shield against the cannon-ball; High up the Shrapnel holds its burning breath; Within our bays the grim Torpedo lies, - We arm the depths above us and beneath! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FEBRUARY 1944 [OR, THE GIANT WEAPON] by KENNETH REXROTH AN ARMOURY by ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE MAKING CANNON IN BETHLEHEM by VINCENT GODFREY BURNS TO A CERTAIN VERY UGLY BUILDING: THE ARMORY by VINCENT GODFREY BURNS BITTER CHOICE by ELLEN MAGRATH CARROLL THE SWORD by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE TOWARD THE PIRAEUS: 5 by HILDA DOOLITTLE TRACER BULLET by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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