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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ROBBED (LEAGUE OF NATIONS REPUDIATED BY U.S. SENATE), by ETHELEAN TYSON GAW First Line: I rode at dawn a chevalier of god Last Line: But—so much cannon fodder left to rot. Subject(s): League Of Nations; United States - Congress - Senate; War | |||
The Senate repudiates the whole League of Nations idea.—Senator Lodge I rode at dawn a chevalier of God, Lifting the blazon of a glad new day; At golden dusk all gladly down I lay On Flanders Field, beneath the trampled sod, My winding sheet a starry web of dreams, Its woof, a world made safe from war's red ban, Its warp, a deathless Brotherhood of Man, Its purpled fringe of high hope's rainbowed gleams. But knaves have stolen that knightly winding sheet, Twisting its strands to make a trap of lies. Scorned is the Splendid Quest, the Dream forgot. Shroudless I sink in ultimate defeat, No chevalier of God on high emprise, But—so much cannon fodder left to rot. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...I AM YOUR WAITER TONIGHT AND MY NAME IS DIMITRI by ROBERT HASS MITRAILLIATRICE by ERNEST HEMINGWAY RIPARTO D'ASSALTO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY WAR VOYEURS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL THE SURVIVOR AMONG GRAVES by RANDALL JARRELL SO MANY BLOOD-LAKES by ROBINSON JEFFERS |
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