Poetry

War's Embers, and Other Verses

Ivor Gurney

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1. TO M. M. S.2. THE VOLUNTEER (To A. L. B.)3. THE FARM (To Mrs. Harvey and Those Others)4. OMENS (To E. H.)5. ETERNAL TREASURE (To H. N. H.)6. FIRE IN THE DUSK7. TURMUT-HOEING8. IN A WARD (To J. W. H.)9. CAMPS10. GIRL’S SONG11. SOLACE OF MEN12. DAY-BOYS AND CHORISTERS (To the Boys of King’s School, Gloucester, 1900-1905)13. AT RESERVE DEPOT14. TOASTS AND MEMORIES (To the Men of the 2/5 Gloucester Regiment)15. FROM THE WINDOW16. YPRES—MINSTERWORTH (To F. W. H.)17. NEAR MIDSUMMER18. TOUSSAINTS (To J. W. H.)19. THE STONE-BREAKER (To Dorothy)20. DRIFTING LEAVES21. CONTRASTS22. TO F. W. H.23. THE IMMORTAL HOUR (To Winnie)24. TO HIS LOVE25. MIGRANTS (To Mrs. Taylor)26. OLD MARTINMAS EVE27. AFTER MUSIC28. THE TARGET29. TWIGWORTH VICARAGE (To A. H. C.)30. HOSPITAL PICTURES (To the Nurses of Ward 24, Bangour War Hospital, near Edinburgh)31. HIDDEN TALES32. RECOMPENSE (To the Men of the 2/5 Gloucester Regiment)33. THE TRYST (To W. M. C.)34. THE PLAIN35. RUMOURS OF WARS (To Mrs. Voynich)36. “ON REST” (To the Men of the 2/5 Gloucester Regiment)37. DICKY (To his Memory)38. THE DAY OF VICTORY (To my City)39. PASSIONATE EARTH (To J. W. H.)40. THE POPLAR (To Micky)41. DOWN COMMERCIAL ROAD (GLOUCESTER) (To my Mother)42. FROM OMIECOURT43. LE COQ FRANÇAIS (To Ronald)44. THE FISHERMAN OF NEWNHAM (To my Father)45. THE LOCK-KEEPER (To the Memory of Edward Thomas)46. THE REVELLERS47. “ANNIE LAURIE” (To H. N. H.)48. THE BATTALION IS NOW ON REST (To “La Comtesse”)49. PHOTOGRAPHS (To Two Scots Lads)50. THAT COUNTY51. INTERVAL52. DE PROFUNDIS53. THE TOWER (To M. H.)
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