Poems Of The Great War

POEMS OF THE GREAT WAR SELECTED BY J. W. CUNLIFFE PROFB8SOB OF ENGLISH AND ASSOCIATE DIBEOTOB OF SCHOOL OF JOTTBNALI6M OF COLUMBIA UNI VERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YOEK ON BEHALF OF THE BELGIAN SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE gfltfc THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1918 AU right rtttrvtd PREFACE THE responsibility for the selection of the poems included in this volume rests entirely on my shoul ders, though I am pleased to acknowledge the very kind help on this side of the Atlantic of Mr, Ed ward C. Marsh of the Macmillan Company, Miss Helen Rex Keller, Librarian of the School of Jour nalism, and Professor A. H. Thorndike of Colum bia University in England of Mr. F. Madan, Bodley s Librarian, Mr. G. W. Wheeler and Mr. J. W. Smallwood of the Radcliffe Camera, Oxford, Sir Walter Raleigh, Lady Scallon, Mr. A. R. Waller, Sir Adolphus Ward, and Sir Herbeft Warren. While poetic merit has been, of course, the paramount consideration, I have endeavored to exercise a catholic judgment, and to give fair representation to various schools of thought and expression as well as to the various phases of the War. If undue prominence seems to be given to what may be called its more personal aspects the spirit of sacrifice and devotion which inspired men and women to give themselves and those dearest to them to a great cause I must plead in excuse vi PREFACE that during much of the time of the preparation of this volume my mind was full of the memory of my friend Lieut.-Col. G. H. Baker of the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles, who fell in command of his battalion during-the third battle of Ypres on June 2, 1916. J. W. CUNLIPFE. CLASSIFIED CONTENTS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THE Belgian Scholarship Committee returns its sin cere and heartythanks to the authors and publishers whose generosity has made this volume possible. Details of indebtedness are given below, the permis sion of the owner of the copyright, whether for Great Britain or for the United States or for both, having been obtained in all cases except one or two where difficulties of communication made the consent of the actual copyright holders impossible in these cases their authorized representatives were consulted to make sure that they would have no objection. AUSTRALIA PAGE Sandes, John AUSTRALIANS TO THE FRONT . 223 From The Sydney Daily Telegraph. Strong, Archibald T. AUSTRALIA TO ENGLAND . 250 From Sonnets of the Empire Macmillan Co.. vii viii CONTENTS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CANADA F Campbell, Wilfred LANGEMARCK .... 46 From The Ottawa Evening Journal. Holland, Norah M. APRIL IN ENGLAND ... 133 From the University Magazine Montreal. McRae, John IN FLANDERS FIELDS . . .180 From Punch. Middleton, J. E. OFF HELIGOLAND .... 185 Pickthall, Marjorie L. C. CANADA TO ENGLAND . 213 From the London Times. Roberts, Charles G. D. TO SHAKESPEARE, 1916 . 215 From A Book of Homage to Shakespeare, edited by Professor Israel Gollancz Oxford University Press. Scott, Canon F. G. of the Canadian Expeditionary Force REQUIESCANT .... 229 From the London Times. quot Seranus quot THE MOTHER 234 Stead, Robert J. C. KITCHENER OF KHARTOUM . 245 From the Calgary Albertan. Watson, Albert D. MOTHER OF NATIONS . . 279 INDIA Jung, Nawab Nizamat Judge of the High Court of Hyderabad INDIA TO ENGLAND . . 140 From the London Daily Telegraph. Tagore, Sir Rabindranath THE TRUMPET . . 253 From the London Times. CONTENTS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix UNITED KINGDOM PAGE WRITTEN ON SERVICE IN EGYPT.... 1 From The Poetry Review. Aldington, Richard WAR YAWP 3 From Poetry. Alexander, Eleanor A NEGLECTED GARDEN . . 7 From the London Times. Allsop, Henry YOUNG AND OLD .... 9 From Songs from a Dale in War Time G. Bell Sons, Ltd.. Asquith, Lieut. Herbert THE FALLEN SUBAL TERN 10 From The Volunteer and Other Poems Sidgwick and Jackson, Ltd. . Begbie, Harold NEUTRAL 15 From Fighting Lines and Various Reinforcements Constable Co., Ltd.. Binyon, Laurence FOR THE FALLEN ... 21 From The Winnowing Fan, Poems on the Great War Elkin Mathews Houghton Mifllin Co...