Herbert Asquith Sun Poems

• 1. The Fallen Subaltern
  The starshells float above, the bayonets glisten;
  We bear our fallen friend without a sound;
  Below the waiting legions lie and listen
  To us, who march upon their burial-ground.
  ...
• 2. A Ship Sails Up To Bideford
  A ship sails up to Bideford;
  Upon a western breeze,
  Mast by mast, sail over sail,
  She rises from the seas,
  ...
• 3. Nightfall
  Hooded in angry mist, the sun goes down:
  Steel-gray the clouds roll out across the sea:
  Is this a Kingdom? Then give Death the crown,
  For here no emperor hath won, save He.
  ...
• 4. The Silver Birch
  O SILVER one, O silver one,
  Above the valley of the Bane:
  O stem with snow-water agleam,
  And glistening limbs, and trails of pearl.
  ...
• 5. Sunset
  HOODED in angry mist, the sun goes down:
  Steel-gray the clouds roll out across the Sea:
  Is this a Kingdom? Then give Death the crown,
  For here no emperor hath won, save He.
  ...
• 6. Riding
  FILL up, fill up the stirrup-cup!
  The wine is running free:
  The blue veils of the Spring are out;
  She dances on the sea.
  ...

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