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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWO POEMS FROM THE WAR: 1, by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, not the loss of the accomplished thing!
Last Line: All-possible irradiance of dawn.
Alternate Author Name(s): Fleming, Archibald
Subject(s): World War I; First World War
First Line: Oh, not the loss of the accomplished thing!
Last Line: All-possible irradiance of dawn.
Alternate Author Name(s): Fleming, Archibald
Subject(s): World War I; First World War
Oh, not the loss of the accomplished thing!
Not dumb farewells, nor long relinquishment
Of beauty had, and golden summer spent,
And savage glory of the fluttering
Torn banners of the rain, and frosty ring
Of moon-white winters, and the imminent
Long-lunging seas, and the glowing shoulders bent
To race on some smooth beach the sea-gull's wing:
Not these, nor all we've been, nor all we've loved,
The pitiful familiar names, had moved
Our hearts to weep for them; but oh, the star
The future is! Eternity's too wan
To give again that undefeated, far,
All-possible irradiance of dawn.
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