CONTENTS
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TO CERTAIN COMRADES13
THE FIRE KINDLED15
TO THE POET BEFORE BATTLE17
MAISEMORE18
AFTERWARDS20
CAROL21
STRANGE SERVICE23
SERENITY25
THE SIGNALLER’S VISION26
THE MOTHER27
TO ENGLAND—A NOTE28
BACH AND THE SENTRY29
LETTERS30
STRAFE31
ACQUIESCENCE32
THE STRONG THING33
SCOTS34
TO AN UNKNOWN LADY35
SONG AND PAIN36
PURPLE AND BLACK37
WEST COUNTRY38
FIRELIGHT39
THE ESTAMINET40
SONG42
BALLAD OF THE THREE SPECTRES43
COMMUNION44
TIME AND THE SOLDIER45
INFLUENCES46
AFTER-GLOW47
HAIL AND FAREWELL48
PRAISE49
WINTER BEAUTY50
SONG OF PAIN AND BEAUTY52
SPRING. ROUEN, MAY 191753
JUNE—TO—COME57
“HARK, HARK, THE LARK”59
SONG AT MORNING60
TREES61
REQUIEM62
REQUIEM63
REQUIEM64
SONNETS 1917:
1. FOR ENGLAND65
2. PAIN66
3. SERVITUDE67
4. HOME-SICKNESS68
5. ENGLAND THE MOTHER69