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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOR THE BLINDED SOLDIERS, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We that look on, with god's goodwill Last Line: We that look on? Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin Subject(s): Blindness; World War I; Visually Handicapped; First World War | |||
WE that look on, with God's goodwill, Have one plain duty to fulfil: To drive -- by all fair means -- afar This hideous Juggernaut of War, And teach the Future not to kill. But there's a plainer duty still: We need to meet the instant ill, To heal the wound, to hide the scar -- We that look on! What timelier task for brain and quill Than aiding eyes no light can thrill, No sight of all good things that are, No morning sky, no evening star -- Shall we not help with all our skill, We that look on? | 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 A FANCY FROM FONTENELLE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON |
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