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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SKAITH OF GUILLARDUN: 21, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE
First Line: The fire which smoulder'd in those aged eyes
Last Line: So courted he the conflict from afar.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): War; Youth
First Line: The fire which smoulder'd in those aged eyes
Last Line: So courted he the conflict from afar.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): War; Youth
The fire which smoulder'd in those aged eyes
Leapt flamelike o'er that kingly countenance,
With ruddier lights than frore antarctic skies
Take on at sunset, and his burning glance
The wintry years did swiftly exorcise.
And as a boy, in youth's exuberance,
Sniffs with keen zest the breeze of coming war,
So courted he the conflict from afar.
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