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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SPORTSMEN IN PARADISE, by T. P. CAMERON WILSON Poet's Biography First Line: They left the fury of the fight Last Line: "and there's a cricket-field!" Alternate Author Name(s): Tipuca; Wilson, Tony P. Cameron Subject(s): Soldiers' Writings; World War I - Casualties | |||
They left the fury of the fight, And they were very tired. The gates of Heaven were open quite, Unguarded and unwired. There was no sound of any gun, The land was still and green; Wide hills lay silent in the sun, Blue valleys slept between. They saw far-off a little wood Stand up against the sky. Knee-deep in grass a great tree stood; Some lazy cows went by... There were some rooks sailed overhead, And once a church-bell pealed. "God! but it's England," someone said, "And there's a cricket-field!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MORNING PAPER by KATHARINE LEE BATES FOR THE FALLEN (SEPTEMBER 1914) by LAURENCE BINYON TRAFALGAR SQUARE by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES 1914: 3. THE DEAD by RUPERT BROOKE 1914: 4. THE DEAD by RUPERT BROOKE BETWEEN THE LINES by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON RUPERT BROOKE by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON THE MAGPIES IN PICARDY by T. P. CAMERON WILSON |
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