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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR), by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: Peril surrounding Last Line: God for the right! Subject(s): World War I; First World War | |||
Peril surrounding, Danger abounding, Menace confounding, Threaten our land; Highly deciding, Firmly confiding, Boldly abiding, Stoutly we stand. Cowards may call us, Horrors appall us, Evils befall us, We will not yield; Faith to be plighted, Wrongs to be righted, Souls to be knighted, -- On to the field! Now for a new world, Now for a true world, Gladly for you, world, Dare we to fight. We will not palter, We will not falter, Knaves to the halter, God for the right! | 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 A BELATED MEMORIAL by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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