A Treasury of War PoetryFront matterReading editionChapter navigation156 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE RIVERSIDE LITERATURE SERIESIntroductory materialACKNOWLEDGMENTSINTRODUCTIONTHE CHOICE"LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD"TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAABRAHAM LINCOLN WALKS AT MIDNIGHTTHE "WILLIAM P. FRYE"ENGLAND AND AMERICATO AMERICAA CHANT OF LOVE FOR ENGLANDAT ST. PAUL'SJIMMY DOANEPRINCETON, MAY, 1917THE VIGIL"FOR ALL WE HAVE AND ARE"ENGLAND TO FREE MENPRO PATRIALINES WRITTEN IN SURREY, 1917FRANCETHE NAME OF FRANCEVIVE LA FRANCE!THE SOUL OF JEANNE D'ARCO GLORIOUS FRANCETO FRANCEPLACE DE LA CONCORDETO FRANCEQUI VIVE?TO THE BELGIANSBELGIUMTO BELGIUMTO BELGIUM IN EXILETHE WIFE OF FLANDERSRUSSIA—AMERICATO RUSSIA NEW AND FREEITALY IN ARMSON THE ITALIAN FRONT, MCMXVIAUSTRALIA TO ENGLANDCANADA TO ENGLANDLANGEMARCK AT YPRESCANADIANSTHE KAISER AND BELGIUMTHE BATTLE OF LIÈGEMEN OF VERDUNVERDUNGUNS OF VERDUNTHE SPIRES OF OXFORDOXFORD IN WAR-TIMEOXFORD REVISITED IN WAR-TIMETHE WAR FILMSTHE SEARCHLIGHTSCHRISTMAS: 1915"MEN WHO MARCH AWAY"WE WILLED IT NOTTHE DEATH OF PEACEIN WAR-TIMETHE ANVILTHE FOOL RINGS HIS BELLSTHE ROAD TO DIEPPETO FELLOW TRAVELLERS IN GREECE"WHEN THERE IS PEACE"A PRAYER IN TIME OF WARTHEN AND NOWTHE KAISER AND GODTHE SUPERMANTHREE HILLSTHE RETURNTHE MOBILIZATION IN BRITTANYTHE TOY BANDTHOMAS OF THE LIGHT HEARTIN THE TRENCHESTHE GUARDS CAME THROUGHTHE PASSENGERS OF A RETARDED SUBMERSIBLEEDITH CAVELLTHE HELL-GATE OF SOISSONSTHE VIRGIN OF ALBERTRETREATA LETTER FROM THE FRONTRHEIMS CATHEDRAL—1914I HAVE A RENDEZVOUS WITH DEATH….THE SOLDIEREXPECTANS EXPECTAVITHE VOLUNTEERINTO BATTLETHE CRICKETERS OF FLANDERS"ALL THE HILLS AND VALES ALONG"NO MAN'S LANDCHAMPAGNE, 1914-15HEADQUARTERSHOME THOUGHTS FROM LAVENTIEA PETITIONFULFILMENTTHE DAY'S MARCHTHE SIGNTHE TRENCHESSONNETSTHE MESSINES ROADTHE CHALLENGE OF THE GUNSTHE BEACH ROAD BY THE WOODGERMAN PRISONERS"—BUT A SHORT TIME TO LIVE"BEFORE ACTIONCOURAGEOPTIMISMTHE BATTLEFIELD"ON LES AURA!"TO AN OLD LADY SEEN AT A GUESTHOUSE FOR SOLDIERSTHE CASUALTY CLEARING STATIONHILLS OF HOMETHE RED CROSS SPIRIT SPEAKSCHAPLAIN TO THE FORCESSONG OF THE RED CROSSTHE HEALERSTHE RED CROSS NURSESKILMENYTHE MINE-SWEEPERSMARE LIBERUMTHE DAWN PATROLDESTROYERS OFF JUTLANDBRITISH MERCHANT SERVICETO A SOLDIER IN HOSPITALBETWEEN THE LINESTHE WHITE COMRADEFLEURETTENOT TO KEEPTHE DEADTHE ISLAND OF SKYROSFOR THE FALLENTWO SONNETS"HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE"THE DEBTREQUIESCANTTO OUR FALLENTHE OLD SOLDIERLORD KITCHENERKITCHENERTHE FALLEN SUBALTERNTHE DEBT UNPAYABLETHE MESSAGESA CROSS IN FLANDERSRESURRECTIONTO A HERORUPERT BROOKETHE PLAYERSA SONGHARVEST MOONHARVEST MOON: 1916MY SONTO THE OTHERSTHE JOURNEYA MOTHER'S DEDICATIONTO A MOTHERSPRING IN WAR-TIMEOCCASIONAL NOTESBeginning of this editionNext chapter →THE RIVERSIDE LITERATURE SERIESAll chapters and sections (156)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE RIVERSIDE LITERATURE SERIESOpening pagesIntroductory materialOther sectionsACKNOWLEDGMENTSINTRODUCTIONTHE CHOICE"LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD"TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAABRAHAM LINCOLN WALKS AT MIDNIGHTTHE "WILLIAM P. FRYE"ENGLAND AND AMERICATO AMERICAA CHANT OF LOVE FOR ENGLANDAT ST. PAUL'SJIMMY DOANEPRINCETON, MAY, 1917THE VIGIL"FOR ALL WE HAVE AND ARE"ENGLAND TO FREE MENPRO PATRIALINES WRITTEN IN SURREY, 1917FRANCETHE NAME OF FRANCEVIVE LA FRANCE!THE SOUL OF JEANNE D'ARCO GLORIOUS FRANCETO FRANCEPLACE DE LA CONCORDETO FRANCEQUI VIVE?TO THE BELGIANSBELGIUMTO BELGIUMTO BELGIUM IN EXILETHE WIFE OF FLANDERSRUSSIA—AMERICATO RUSSIA NEW AND FREEITALY IN ARMSON THE ITALIAN FRONT, MCMXVIAUSTRALIA TO ENGLANDCANADA TO ENGLANDLANGEMARCK AT YPRESCANADIANSTHE KAISER AND BELGIUMTHE BATTLE OF LIÈGEMEN OF VERDUNVERDUNGUNS OF VERDUNTHE SPIRES OF OXFORDOXFORD IN WAR-TIMEOXFORD REVISITED IN WAR-TIMETHE WAR FILMSTHE SEARCHLIGHTSCHRISTMAS: 1915"MEN WHO MARCH AWAY"WE WILLED IT NOTTHE DEATH OF PEACEIN WAR-TIMETHE ANVILTHE FOOL RINGS HIS BELLSTHE ROAD TO DIEPPETO FELLOW TRAVELLERS IN GREECE"WHEN THERE IS PEACE"A PRAYER IN TIME OF WARTHEN AND NOWTHE KAISER AND GODTHE SUPERMANTHREE HILLSTHE RETURNTHE MOBILIZATION IN BRITTANYTHE TOY BANDTHOMAS OF THE LIGHT HEARTIN THE TRENCHESTHE GUARDS CAME THROUGHTHE PASSENGERS OF A RETARDED SUBMERSIBLEEDITH CAVELLTHE HELL-GATE OF SOISSONSTHE VIRGIN OF ALBERTRETREATA LETTER FROM THE FRONTRHEIMS CATHEDRAL—1914I HAVE A RENDEZVOUS WITH DEATH….THE SOLDIEREXPECTANS EXPECTAVITHE VOLUNTEERINTO BATTLETHE CRICKETERS OF FLANDERS"ALL THE HILLS AND VALES ALONG"NO MAN'S LANDCHAMPAGNE, 1914-15HEADQUARTERSHOME THOUGHTS FROM LAVENTIEA PETITIONFULFILMENTTHE DAY'S MARCHTHE SIGNTHE TRENCHESSONNETSTHE MESSINES ROADTHE CHALLENGE OF THE GUNSTHE BEACH ROAD BY THE WOODGERMAN PRISONERS"—BUT A SHORT TIME TO LIVE"BEFORE ACTIONCOURAGEOPTIMISMTHE BATTLEFIELD"ON LES AURA!"TO AN OLD LADY SEEN AT A GUESTHOUSE FOR SOLDIERSTHE CASUALTY CLEARING STATIONHILLS OF HOMETHE RED CROSS SPIRIT SPEAKSCHAPLAIN TO THE FORCESSONG OF THE RED CROSSTHE HEALERSTHE RED CROSS NURSESKILMENYTHE MINE-SWEEPERSMARE LIBERUMTHE DAWN PATROLDESTROYERS OFF JUTLANDBRITISH MERCHANT SERVICETO A SOLDIER IN HOSPITALBETWEEN THE LINESTHE WHITE COMRADEFLEURETTENOT TO KEEPTHE DEADTHE ISLAND OF SKYROSFOR THE FALLENTWO SONNETS"HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE"THE DEBTREQUIESCANTTO OUR FALLENTHE OLD SOLDIERLORD KITCHENERKITCHENERTHE FALLEN SUBALTERNTHE DEBT UNPAYABLETHE MESSAGESA CROSS IN FLANDERSRESURRECTIONTO A HERORUPERT BROOKETHE PLAYERSA SONGHARVEST MOONHARVEST MOON: 1916MY SONTO THE OTHERSTHE JOURNEYA MOTHER'S DEDICATIONTO A MOTHERSPRING IN WAR-TIMEOCCASIONAL NOTESProduced by Distributed Proofreaders◇THE RIVERSIDE LITERATURE SERIES →