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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BATTLEFIELDS OF THE FUTURE, by WILLIAM WATSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Though gone the ancient gear of war
Last Line: Our bugles sound a charge.
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Science; War; Scientists
First Line: Though gone the ancient gear of war
Last Line: Our bugles sound a charge.
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Science; War; Scientists
THOUGH gone the ancient gear of War -- though men
Fight not with axe, and mace, and clanging targe --
Still does the ancient war-rage goad them, when
The bugles sound a charge.
To that primaeval passion may we yet
Give ampler range, in fields of vaster marge!
'Gainst War itself, when this war passes, let
Our bugles sound a charge.
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