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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN TIME OF 'THE BREAKING OF NATIONS', by THOMAS HARDY Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Only a man harrowing clods / in a slow silent walk Last Line: Ere their story die. Subject(s): Bible; Country Life; Religion; World War I; Theology; First World War | |||
1 Only a man harrowing clods In a slow silent walk With an old horse that stumbles and nods Half asleep as they stalk. 2 Only thin smoke without flame From the heaps of couch-grass; Yet this will go onward the same Though Dynasties pass. 3 Yonder a maid and her wight Come whispering by: War's annals will cloud into night Ere their story die. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...D'ANNUNZIO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY 1915: THE TRENCHES by CONRAD AIKEN TO OUR PRESIDENT by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES CHILDREN OF THE WAR by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE U-BOAT CREWS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE RED CROSS NURSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES WAR PROFITS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE UNCHANGEABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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