PREFACE
CONTENTS
BEFORE ACTION LIEUT. WILLIAM NOEL HODGSON
ALAN SEEGER WASHINGTON VAN DUSEN
THE NURSE in London Punch
THE LITTLE HOME PAPER CHARLES HANSON TOWNE
NO MAN'S LAND CAPT. JAMES H. KNIGHT-ADKIN
THE GOLD STAR EDGAR A. GUEST
WATCHIN' OUT FOR SUBS U. A. L.
FRENCH IN THE TRENCHES WILLIAM J. ROBINSON
LITANY ALLENE GREGORY
RAGNAROK The Twilight of the Gods
THE KID HAS GONE TO THE COLORS WILLIAM HERSCHELL
A SCRAP OF PAPER HERBERT KAUFMAN
POPPIES CAPT. JOHN MILLS HANSON, F.A.
AS THE TRUCKS GO ROLLIN' BY LIEUT. L. W. SUCKERT, A.S., U.S.A.
THE GRAVES OF GALLIPOLI L. L. (A. N. Z. A. C.)
BATTLE OF BELLEAU WOOD EDGAR A. GUEST
"POOR OLD SHIP!" C. FOX SMITH
PASSING THE BUCK SERGT. NORMAN E. NYGAARD, 313TH SN. TN.
THE RETURN
BULLINGTON
THE PADRE CAPT. C. W. BLACKALL
CORP'RAL'S CHEVRONS
THE OLD TOP SERGEANT BERTON BRALEY
FLAG EVERLASTING A. G. RIDDOCH
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY IN FRANCE GEORGE M. MAYO
A LITTLE TOWN IN SENEGAL WILL THOMPSON
A LITTLE GRIMY-FINGERED GIRL LEE WILSON DODD
SOLDIERS OF THE SOIL EVERARD JACK APPLETON
THE CROSS AND THE FLAG WILLIAM HENRY, CARDINAL O'CONNELL
THE ROAD TO FRANCE DANIEL M. HENDERSON
NAZARETH "L"
THE CRIMSON CROSS ELIZABETH BROWN DU BRIDGE
PIERROT GOES CHARLOTTE BECKER
A SERBIAN EPITAPH V. STANIMIROVIC
THE NIGHTINGALES OF FLANDERS GRACE HAZARD CONKLING
THE WIDOW MISS C. M. MITCHELL
PERSHING AT THE TOMB OF LAFAYETTE AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR
TRAINS LIEUT. JOHN PIERRE ROCHE
CHRIST IN FLANDERS L. W.
AN AMERICAN CREED EVERARD JACK APPLETON
RUNNER McGEE ( Who had "Return if Possible" Orders. )
THE SOLDIER'S FOLKS AT HOME From The Christian Herald
THREE HILLS EVERARD OWEN
MIKE DILLON, DOUGHBOY LIEUT. JOHN PIERRE ROCHE
WHEN THE FRENCH BAND PLAYS ANONYMOUS
THE OLD GANG ON THE CORNER WILLIAM HERSCHELL
THE BATTLE-LINE J. B. DOLLARD
A CHANT OF ARMY COOKS ANONYMOUS
THE DRUM JOSEPH LEE
THE GREAT ADVENTURE MAJOR KENDALL BANNING
TO THE WRITER OF "CHRIST IN FLANDERS" E. M. V.
TO SOMEBODY HAROLD SETON
WAR COL. WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT VISSCHER
A MARCHING SOLILOQUY BY A MEMBER OF THE S. A. T. C., NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE, NAPERVILLE, ILL.
WHILE SUMMERS PASS ALINE MICHAELIS
THE MARINES ADOLPHE E. SMYLIE
AN AMBULANCE DRIVER'S PRAYER LIEUT. CHAPLAIN THOMAS F. COAKLEY
NOT TOO OLD TO FIGHT T. C. HARBAUGH
A WAYSIDE IN FRANCE ADOLPHE E. SMYLIE
MISSING "IRIS"
THE RIVERS OF FRANCE H. J. M.
JUST THINKING HUDSON HAWLEY
THE EVENING STAR HAROLD SETON
COLUMBIA'S PRAYER THOMAS P. BASHAW
TWO VIEWPOINTS AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR
DESTROYERS "KLAXON"
NINETEEN-SEVENTEEN SUSAN HOOKER WHITMAN
THE SILENT ARMY. IAN ADANAC
THE SOURCE OF NEWS From The Needle
TO MY SON
EASTER-EGGS REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFFMAN
A DIRGE VICTOR PEROWNE
THE WOMAN'S GAME Authorship not known
A FLEMISH VILLAGE H. A.
FRANCE CAPT. JOSEPH MEDILL PATTERSON
THE CLERK B. H. M. HETHERINGTON
POILU STEUART M. EMERY, A. E. F.
AUSTRALIA'S MEN DOROTHEA MACKELLAR
TANKS O. C. A. CHILD
A HYMN OF FREEDOM MARY PERRY KING
SWAN SONGS
I HAVE A RENDEZVOUS WITH DEATH [1]
IN FLANDERS' FIELDS
THE SOLDIER [2]
NOT WITH VAIN TEARS
BUT A SHORT TIME TO LIVE
THE LOST ONES
THE FLAG SPEAKS WALTER E. PECK
THE CALL ( France, August 1st, 1914 )
THE CRUTCHES' TUNE ELIZABETH R. STONER
THE ANXIOUS DEAD LIEUT. COL. JOHN McCRAE
HOME REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFFMAN
TO HAPPIER DAYS MABEL McELLIOTT
YOUR LAD, AND MY LAD RANDALL PARRISH
"AS SHE IS SPOKE" Boston Transcript
THE SPIRES OF OXFORD ( Seen from the Train )
THE GENTLEMEN OF OXFORD NORAH M. HOLLAND
WITH THE SAME PRIDE THEODOSIA GARRISON
ACELDAMA DR. GEORGE F. BUTLER
THE LONELY GARDEN EDGAR A. GUEST
THE BRITISH ARMY OF 1914 ALFRED W. POLLARD
MORITURI TE SALUTANT P. H. B. L.
"BLIGHTY" AND "GONE WEST"
BLIGHTY
GOING WEST
SPRING F.M.H.D., F.A.
ON HIS OWN ADOLPHE E. SMYLIE
THEY SHALL NOT PASS ALISON BROWN
SHIPS THAT SAIL IN THE NIGHT DYSART McMULLEN
JOHN DOE BUCK PRIVATE ALLAN P. THOMSON
KNITTING SOCKS
THE GOLDENROD "ANCHUSA"
MAGPIES IN PICARDY "TIPCUCA"
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE, 1918 ALMON HENSLEY
AFTERWARD CHARLES HANSON TOWNE
THE SONG OF THE GUNS HERBERT KAUFMAN
TELLING THE BEES ( An old Gloucestershire superstition )
THE RETINUE KATHARINE LEE BATES
VIVE LA FRANCE! CHARLOTTE HOLMES CRAWFORD
THE WOES OF A ROOKIE WILLIAM L. COLESTOCK
IN THE FRONT-LINE DESKS LIEUT. ELMER FRANKLIN POWELL
ABRAHAM LINCOLN WALKS AT MIDNIGHT ( In Springfield, Illinois )
THE KINGS HUGH J. HUGHES
JEAN DESPREZ ROBERT W. SERVICE
SUDDENLY ONE DAY AUTHOR UNKNOWN
WE'RE MARCHIN' WITH THE COUNTRY FRANK L. STANTON
DO YOUR ALL EDGAR A. GUEST
FLAG OF THE FREE FRANCIS T. SMITH
THE SERVICE FLAG WILLIAM HERSCHELL
A SMALL TOWN SPORT DAMON RUNYON
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE LE ROY C. HENDERSON
THE SERVICE FLAG J. E. EVANS
"HEARTS ARE TOUCHING"
MEN OF THE BLOOD AND MIRE DANIEL M. HENDERSON
THE SONG OF THE DEAD J. H. M. ABBOTT
THE REFUGEES W. G. S.
SONG OF THE WINDS MARY LANIER MAGRUDER
"WHAT THINK YE?" W. A. BRISCOE
THE MAN BEHIND DOUGLAS MALLOCH
HERE AT VERDUN CHESTER M. WRIGHT
THE ANXIOUS ANTHEMIST GUY FORRESTER LEE
A RIDE IN FRANCE "O. C. PLATOON"
THERE WILL BE DREAMS AGAIN MABEL HILLYER EASTMAN
THE BOY NEXT DOOR S. E. KISER
THE FLAG EDWARD A. HORTON
THE WAR HORSE LIEUT. L. FLEMING, B. E. F., FRANCE
PARENTHETICALLY SPEAKING. From The Chicago Tribune
WORLD SERIES OPENED BATTER UP! in The Stars and Stripes, A. E. F., France
EDITH CAVELL McLANDBURGH WILSON
TO SERVE IS TO GAIN CHARLES H. MACKINTOSH
THEY SHALL RETURN J. LEWIS MILLIGAN
"TO THE IRISH DEAD" BY ESSEX EVANS
VISION DOROTHY PAUL
RAIN ON YOUR OLD TIN HAT LIEUT. J. H. WICKERSHAM
THE ARMED LINER H. SMALLEY SARSON
THERE ARE CROCUSES AT NOTTINGHAM Written in the Trenches
THE WAR ROSARY NELLIE HURST
WHEN PRIVATE MUGRUMS PARLEY VOOS PVT. CHARLES DIVINE
MULES C. FOX SMITH
AN APRIL SONG GEORGE C. MICHAEL, LANCE CORPORAL, R. E.
A SONG OF THE AIR GORDON ALCHIN
VICTORY! S. J. DUNCAN-CLARK
THE HOMECOMING LEROY FOLGE
THE CROWN HELEN COMBES
OUR SOLDIER DEAD ANNETTE KOHN
LET THERE BE LIGHT! RUTH WRIGHT KAUFFMAN
THE PRESENT BATTLE-FIELD WRIGHT FIELD
NOVEMBER ELEVENTH ELIZABETH HANLY
OLD JIM NORMAN SHANNON HALL
THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER ARMISTICE DAY AT ARLINGTON GRANTLAND RICE
EPITAPH FOR THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER ANNETTE KOHN
INDEX OF FIRST LINES
GREAT POEMS OF THE WORLD WAR
BETWEEN the hedges of the centuries
A thousand phantom armies go and come,
While Reason whispers as each marches past,
“This is the last of wars—this is the last!”
—Lieut. Gilbert Waterhouse.
GREAT POEMS OF
THE WORLD WAR
Edited, With Introduction, Notes and
Original Matter, By
W. D. EATON
CHICAGO
T. S. DENISON & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT, 1918
By
EBEN H. NORRIS
under title
“The War in Verse and Prose”
Copyright, 1922, by T. S. Denison & Company
“Great Poems of the World War”
