Charles Hamilton Sorley Soul Poems
- 1. A Letter From The Trenches To A School Friend
I have not brought my Odyssey
With me here across the sea;
But you'll remember, when I say
How, when they went down Sparta way,
... - 2. Saints Have Adored The Lofty Soul Of You
Saints have adored the lofty soul of you.
Poets have whitened at your high renown.
We stand among the many millions who
Do hourly wait to pass your pathway down.
... - 3. Two Sonnets
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Saints have adored the lofty soul of you.
Poets have whitened at your high renown.
... - 4. Rooks
There where the rusty iron lies,
The rooks are cawing all the day.
Perhaps no man, until he dies,
Will understand them, what they say.
... - 5. Expectans Expectavi
From morn to midnight, all day through,
I laugh and play as others do,
I sin and chatter, just the same
As others with a different name.
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