Great Poems of the World War
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. BEFORE ACTION LIEUT. WILLIAM NOEL HODGSON4. ALAN SEEGER WASHINGTON VAN DUSEN5. THE NURSE in London Punch6. THE LITTLE HOME PAPER CHARLES HANSON TOWNE7. NO MAN’S LAND CAPT. JAMES H. KNIGHT-ADKIN8. THE GOLD STAR EDGAR A. GUEST9. WATCHIN’ OUT FOR SUBS U. A. L.10. FRENCH IN THE TRENCHES WILLIAM J. ROBINSON11. LITANY ALLENE GREGORY12. RAGNAROK The Twilight of the Gods13. THE KID HAS GONE TO THE COLORS WILLIAM HERSCHELL14. A SCRAP OF PAPER HERBERT KAUFMAN15. POPPIES CAPT. JOHN MILLS HANSON, F.A.16. AS THE TRUCKS GO ROLLIN’ BY LIEUT. L. W. SUCKERT, A.S., U.S.A.17. THE GRAVES OF GALLIPOLI L. L. (A. N. Z. A. C.)18. BATTLE OF BELLEAU WOOD EDGAR A. GUEST19. “POOR OLD SHIP!” C. FOX SMITH20. PASSING THE BUCK SERGT. NORMAN E. NYGAARD, 313TH SN. TN.21. THE RETURN22. BULLINGTON23. THE PADRE CAPT. C. W. BLACKALL24. CORP’RAL’S CHEVRONS25. THE OLD TOP SERGEANT BERTON BRALEY26. FLAG EVERLASTING A. G. RIDDOCH27. THE BLUE AND THE GRAY IN FRANCE GEORGE M. MAYO28. A LITTLE TOWN IN SENEGAL WILL THOMPSON29. A LITTLE GRIMY-FINGERED GIRL LEE WILSON DODD30. SOLDIERS OF THE SOIL EVERARD JACK APPLETON31. THE CROSS AND THE FLAG WILLIAM HENRY, CARDINAL O’CONNELL32. THE ROAD TO FRANCE DANIEL M. HENDERSON33. NAZARETH “L”34. THE CRIMSON CROSS ELIZABETH BROWN DU BRIDGE35. PIERROT GOES CHARLOTTE BECKER36. A SERBIAN EPITAPH V. STANIMIROVIC37. THE NIGHTINGALES OF FLANDERS GRACE HAZARD CONKLING38. THE WIDOW MISS C. M. MITCHELL39. PERSHING AT THE TOMB OF LAFAYETTE AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR40. TRAINS LIEUT. JOHN PIERRE ROCHE41. CHRIST IN FLANDERS L. W.42. AN AMERICAN CREED EVERARD JACK APPLETON43. RUNNER McGEE (Who had “Return if Possible” Orders.)44. THE SOLDIER’S FOLKS AT HOME From The Christian Herald45. THREE HILLS EVERARD OWEN46. MIKE DILLON, DOUGHBOY LIEUT. JOHN PIERRE ROCHE47. WHEN THE FRENCH BAND PLAYS ANONYMOUS48. THE OLD GANG ON THE CORNER WILLIAM HERSCHELL49. THE BATTLE-LINE J. B. DOLLARD50. A CHANT OF ARMY COOKS ANONYMOUS51. THE DRUM JOSEPH LEE52. THE GREAT ADVENTURE MAJOR KENDALL BANNING53. TO THE WRITER OF “CHRIST IN FLANDERS” E. M. V.54. TO SOMEBODY HAROLD SETON55. WAR COL. WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT VISSCHER56. A MARCHING SOLILOQUY BY A MEMBER OF THE S. A. T. C., NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE, NAPERVILLE, ILL.57. WHILE SUMMERS PASS ALINE MICHAELIS58. THE MARINES ADOLPHE E. SMYLIE59. AN AMBULANCE DRIVER’S PRAYER LIEUT. CHAPLAIN THOMAS F. COAKLEY60. NOT TOO OLD TO FIGHT T. C. HARBAUGH61. A WAYSIDE IN FRANCE ADOLPHE E. SMYLIE62. MISSING “IRIS”63. THE RIVERS OF FRANCE H. J. M.64. JUST THINKING HUDSON HAWLEY65. THE EVENING STAR HAROLD SETON66. COLUMBIA’S PRAYER THOMAS P. BASHAW67. TWO VIEWPOINTS AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR68. DESTROYERS “KLAXON”69. NINETEEN-SEVENTEEN SUSAN HOOKER WHITMAN70. THE SILENT ARMY. IAN ADANAC71. THE SOURCE OF NEWS From The Needle72. TO MY SON73. EASTER-EGGS REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFFMAN74. A DIRGE VICTOR PEROWNE75. THE WOMAN’S GAME Authorship not known76. A FLEMISH VILLAGE H. A.77. FRANCE CAPT. JOSEPH MEDILL PATTERSON78. THE CLERK B. H. M. HETHERINGTON79. POILU STEUART M. EMERY, A. E. F.80. AUSTRALIA’S MEN DOROTHEA MACKELLAR81. TANKS O. C. A. CHILD82. A HYMN OF FREEDOM MARY PERRY KING83. SWAN SONGS84. I HAVE A RENDEZVOUS WITH DEATH[1]85. IN FLANDERS’ FIELDS86. THE SOLDIER[2]87. NOT WITH VAIN TEARS88. BUT A SHORT TIME TO LIVE89. THE LOST ONES90. THE FLAG SPEAKS WALTER E. PECK91. THE CALL (France, August 1st, 1914)92. THE CRUTCHES’ TUNE ELIZABETH R. STONER93. THE ANXIOUS DEAD LIEUT. COL. JOHN McCRAE94. HOME REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFFMAN95. TO HAPPIER DAYS MABEL McELLIOTT96. YOUR LAD, AND MY LAD RANDALL PARRISH97. “AS SHE IS SPOKE” Boston Transcript98. THE SPIRES OF OXFORD (Seen from the Train)99. THE GENTLEMEN OF OXFORD NORAH M. HOLLAND100. WITH THE SAME PRIDE THEODOSIA GARRISON101. ACELDAMA DR. GEORGE F. BUTLER102. THE LONELY GARDEN EDGAR A. GUEST103. THE BRITISH ARMY OF 1914 ALFRED W. POLLARD104. MORITURI TE SALUTANT P. H. B. L.105. “BLIGHTY” AND “GONE WEST”106. BLIGHTY107. GOING WEST108. SPRING F.M.H.D., F.A.109. ON HIS OWN ADOLPHE E. SMYLIE110. THEY SHALL NOT PASS ALISON BROWN111. SHIPS THAT SAIL IN THE NIGHT DYSART McMULLEN112. JOHN DOE—BUCK PRIVATE ALLAN P. THOMSON113. KNITTING SOCKS114. THE GOLDENROD “ANCHUSA”115. MAGPIES IN PICARDY “TIPCUCA”116. SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE, 1918 ALMON HENSLEY117. AFTERWARD CHARLES HANSON TOWNE118. THE SONG OF THE GUNS HERBERT KAUFMAN119. TELLING THE BEES (An old Gloucestershire superstition)120. THE RETINUE KATHARINE LEE BATES121. VIVE LA FRANCE! CHARLOTTE HOLMES CRAWFORD122. THE WOES OF A ROOKIE WILLIAM L. COLESTOCK123. IN THE FRONT-LINE DESKS LIEUT. ELMER FRANKLIN POWELL124. ABRAHAM LINCOLN WALKS AT MIDNIGHT (In Springfield, Illinois)125. THE KINGS HUGH J. HUGHES126. JEAN DESPREZ ROBERT W. SERVICE127. SUDDENLY ONE DAY AUTHOR UNKNOWN128. WE’RE MARCHIN’ WITH THE COUNTRY FRANK L. STANTON129. DO YOUR ALL EDGAR A. GUEST130. FLAG OF THE FREE FRANCIS T. SMITH131. THE SERVICE FLAG WILLIAM HERSCHELL132. A SMALL TOWN SPORT DAMON RUNYON133. SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE LE ROY C. HENDERSON134. THE SERVICE FLAG J. E. EVANS135. “HEARTS ARE TOUCHING”136. MEN OF THE BLOOD AND MIRE DANIEL M. HENDERSON137. THE SONG OF THE DEAD J. H. M. ABBOTT138. THE REFUGEES W. G. S.139. SONG OF THE WINDS MARY LANIER MAGRUDER140. “WHAT THINK YE?” W. A. BRISCOE141. THE MAN BEHIND DOUGLAS MALLOCH142. HERE AT VERDUN CHESTER M. WRIGHT143. THE ANXIOUS ANTHEMIST GUY FORRESTER LEE144. A RIDE IN FRANCE “O. C. PLATOON”145. THERE WILL BE DREAMS AGAIN MABEL HILLYER EASTMAN146. THE BOY NEXT DOOR S. E. KISER147. THE FLAG EDWARD A. HORTON148. THE WAR HORSE LIEUT. L. FLEMING, B. E. F., FRANCE149. PARENTHETICALLY SPEAKING. From The Chicago Tribune150. WORLD SERIES OPENED—BATTER UP! in The Stars and Stripes, A. E. F., France151. EDITH CAVELL McLANDBURGH WILSON152. TO SERVE IS TO GAIN CHARLES H. MACKINTOSH153. THEY SHALL RETURN J. LEWIS MILLIGAN154. “TO THE IRISH DEAD” BY ESSEX EVANS155. VISION DOROTHY PAUL156. RAIN ON YOUR OLD TIN HAT LIEUT. J. H. WICKERSHAM157. THE ARMED LINER H. SMALLEY SARSON158. THERE ARE CROCUSES AT NOTTINGHAM Written in the Trenches159. THE WAR ROSARY NELLIE HURST160. WHEN PRIVATE MUGRUMS PARLEY VOOS PVT. CHARLES DIVINE161. MULES C. FOX SMITH162. AN APRIL SONG GEORGE C. MICHAEL, LANCE CORPORAL, R. E.163. A SONG OF THE AIR GORDON ALCHIN164. VICTORY! S. J. DUNCAN-CLARK165. THE HOMECOMING LEROY FOLGE166. THE CROWN HELEN COMBES167. OUR SOLDIER DEAD ANNETTE KOHN168. LET THERE BE LIGHT! RUTH WRIGHT KAUFFMAN169. THE PRESENT BATTLE-FIELD WRIGHT FIELD170. NOVEMBER ELEVENTH ELIZABETH HANLY171. OLD JIM NORMAN SHANNON HALL172. THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER ARMISTICE DAY AT ARLINGTON GRANTLAND RICE173. EPITAPH FOR THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER ANNETTE KOHN174. INDEX OF FIRST LINES