Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RAGGED STONE, by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As I was walking with my dear, my dear come back at last Last Line: I'll not be walking with my dear next year, nor yet alone. Subject(s): Death; Fear; Legends; Love; Stones; War; World War I; Dead, The; Granite; Rocks; First World War | ||||||||
As I was walking with my dear, my dear come back at last, The shadow of the Ragged Stone fell on us as we passed: And if the tale be true they tell about the Ragged Stone I'll not be walking with my dear next year, nor yet alone. And we're to wed come Michaelmas, my lovely dear and I, And we're to have a little house, and do not want to die. But all the folk are fighting in the lands across the sea, Because the King and counsellors went mad in Germany. Because the King and counsellors went mad, my love and I May never have a little house before we come to die. And if the tale be true they tell about the Ragged Stone I'll not be walking with my dear next year, nor yet alone. | 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 |
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