Hymn to the God of War (John Le Gay Brereton Poems)
From every quarter we, Who bent the trembling knee And cowered or grovelled prostrate day and night, Now come once more to sing A ...
From every quarter we, Who bent the trembling knee And cowered or grovelled prostrate day and night, Now come once more to sing A ...
Stupidity and Selfishness and Fear, Who hold enslaved the intellect of Man, Have found their victims here. We saw them go, alert to ...
The patriot from his walls of brass Is singing loudly as I pass; With fearless heart and open eyes, He shouts the ancient ...
I. The beast exultant spreads the nostril wide, Snuffing a sickly hate-enkindling scent; Proud of his rage, on sudden carnage bent, He leaps, and ...
One very rough day on the Pride of the Fray In the scuppers a poor little cabin-boy lay, When the Bosun drew ...
HERE lies the woven garb he wore Of grass he gathered by the shore Whereon the phantom waves still fret ...
The foamy waves are swishing As patiently we thud, But O the wave of wishing That surges in my blood! Along the ocean's rim, ...
Where yonder ruddy-misted star Is tumbling down the placid sky The people's aims were not so high As our heroic motives are; To love ...
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