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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG FROM AN EVIL WOOD: 2, by EDWARD JOHN MORETON DRAX PLUNKETT Poet's Biography First Line: Somewhere lost in the haze Last Line: On the wooden walls of his cage. Alternate Author Name(s): Dunsany, Lord; Dunsany, 18th Baron Subject(s): World War I; First World War | |||
Somewhere lost in the haze The sun goes down in the cold, And birds in this evil wood Chirrup home as of old; Chirrup, stir and are still, On the high twigs frozen and thin. There is no more noise of them now, And the long night sets in. Of all the wonderful things That I have seen in the wood I marvel most at the birds And their wonderful quietude. For a giant smites with his club All day the tops of the hill, Sometimes he rests at night, Oftener he beats them still. And a dwarf with a grim black mane Raps with repeated rage All night in the valley below On the wooden walls of his cage. | 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 SONG FROM AN EVIL WOOD: 1 by EDWARD JOHN MORETON DRAX PLUNKETT SONG FROM AN EVIL WOOD: 3 by EDWARD JOHN MORETON DRAX PLUNKETT A.E. (GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL) by EDWARD JOHN MORETON DRAX PLUNKETT |
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