‘Salute The Soldier’ (A P Herbert Poems)
Hail, soldier, huddled in the rain,Hail, soldier, squelching through the mud,Hail, soldier, sick of dirt and pain,The sight of death, ...
Hail, soldier, huddled in the rain,Hail, soldier, squelching through the mud,Hail, soldier, sick of dirt and pain,The sight of death, ...
There's a very well-built fellow, with a swinging sort of stride,About as handy sort as I have seen.A rough and ...
Guarded within the old red wall's embrace, Marshalled like soldiers in gay company, The tulips stand arrayed. Here infantry Wheels ...
The nursery fire burns brightly, crackling in cheerful little explosions and trails of sparks up the back of the chimney. ...
"Relinquunt Omnia Servare Rem Publicam." The old South Boston Aquarium stands in a Sahara of snow now. Its broken windows ...
This 'appened in a battle to a batt'ry of the corps Which is first among the women an' amazin' first ...
1898 Being a translation of the song that was made by a Mohammedanschoolmaster of Bengal Infantry (some time on service ...
The pockets of our greatcoats full of barley... No kitchens on the run, no striking camp... We moved quick and ...
Had he and I but met By some old ancient inn, We should have set us down to wet Right ...
WHILE my wife at my side lies slumbering, and the wars are over long, And my head on the pillow ...
What have the cavalry done? Cantered and trotted about, Routin' the enemy out, Causin' the beggars to run! And we ...
Oh the airman's game is a showman's game, for we all of us watch him go With his roaring soaring ...
Ye sons of Mars, come join with me, And sing in praise of Sir Herbert Stewart's little army, That made ...
'Twas in the year of 1808, and in the autumn of the year, Napoleon resolved to crush Spain and Portugal ...
'Twas in the year of 1849, and on the 20th of February, Lord Gough met and attacked Shere Sing right ...
'Twas in the year 1715, and on the 10th of November, Which the people of Scotland have cause to remember; ...
'Twas in the year 1815, and on the 18th day of June, That British cannon, against the French army, loudly ...
Ye sons of Germany, your noble Emperor William now is dead. Who oft great armies to battle hath led; He ...
The 27th Regiment has mutinied at Kalapore; That was the substance of a telegram, which caused great uproar, At Sattara, ...
'Twas in the year of 1897, and on the 22nd of June, Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee in London caused a ...
Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the World, and ...
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