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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE AUTHOR OF 'THE GREAT ILLUSION', by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Some men, we say, are sent before their time Last Line: The rose shall dominate the wilderness. Alternate Author Name(s): Blunden, Edmund Subject(s): Angell, Norman (1872-1962); Peace | |||
SOME men, we say, are sent before their time; Far back in general shadow their one lamp Is seen from their high tower; alone they climb To watch while the world dreams. Beyond the camp Of nations arming twenty years ago, One mind with gathering power and light remained; The million thought the dream above, below The action. This mistake we ascertained Down ravenous precipices; at last slow-mending From the hacked wounds of our proud error's field, We find the new age daily apprehending What Angell, had we listened then, revealed; A tragic gratitude, whence none the less The rose shall dominate the wilderness. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW MANY NIGHTS by GALWAY KINNELL THE MOTTO by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON THE TRUE BEATITUDE by RUPERT BROOKE MAKING PEACE by DENISE LEVERTOV TWO SONGS OF PEACE: 1 by YEHUDA AMICHAI TWO SONGS OF PEACE: 2 by YEHUDA AMICHAI ALMSWOMEN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |
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