John Davidson Great Poems
- 1. A Ballad Of Hell
'A letter from my love to-day!
Oh, unexpected, dear appeal!'
She struck a happy tear away,
And broke the crimson seal.
... - 2. In Romney Marsh
As I went down to Dymchurch Wall,
I heard the South sing o'er the land
I saw the yellow sunlight fall
On knolls where Norman churches stand.
... - 3. War Song
In anguish we uplift
A new unhallowed song:
The race is to the swift;
The battle to the strong.
... - 4. The Last Rose
‘O which is the last rose?'
A blossom of no name.
At midnight the snow came;
At daybreak a vast rose,
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