Poetry of the First World War : an anthology

572 Pages·2013·2.14 MB·English

by  Kendall

POETRY FIRST WORLD WAR
OF THE
POETRY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
AN ANTHOLOGY
Edited by
TIM KENDALL
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CONTENTS
Introduction
Note on the Anthology
Select Bibliography
A Chronology of the War Years
THOMAS HARDY (1840–1928)
Men Who March Away
England to Germany in 1914
On the Belgian Expatriation
The Pity of It
In Time of ‘The Breaking of Nations’
Before Marching and After
A New Year’s Eve in War Time
I Looked Up from My Writing
‘According to the Mighty Working’
‘And There Was a Great Calm’
A. E. HOUSMAN (1859–1936)
Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries
MAY SINCLAIR (1863–1946)
Field Ambulance in Retreat
After the Retreat
Dedication
W. B. YEATS (1865–1939)
On Being Asked for a War Poem
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
RUDYARD KIPLING (1865–1936)
‘For All We Have and Are’