Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AUSTRIAN CAVALRY SONG, by H. ZUCKERMANN First Line: There in the meadow-land Last Line: Over belgrade! Subject(s): Army - Austria; Cavalry; World War I; First World War | ||||||||
There in the meadow-land Two jackdaws cry-- Is it on Danube's strand I'll have to lie? Or in a Polish grave? Before my soul shall fly, I'll fight a rider brave. There on the field I see Two ravens scurry. Shall I the first one be Whom they must bury? What's that to me! Many hundred thousands hurry In Austria's cavalry. There in the evening breath Hover two crows: When comes the reaper Death Who mows and mows? We're not afraid! If but our banner blows Over Belgrade! | 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 |
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