THE DEAD. I1 Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead! Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene, That men call age; and those who would have been, Blow, bugles, blow! They brought us, for our dearth, Honour has come back, as a king, to earth, And we have come into our heritage. THE DEAD. II These hearts were woven of human joys and cares, These had seen movement, and heard music; known Touched flowers and furs and cheeks. All this ended. There are waters blown by changing winds to laughter Frost, with a gesture, stays the waves that dance Unbroken glory, a gathered radiance, A width, a shining peace, under the night. 1 These three sonnets, with two others, introduced the volume "1914. " and were written soon after Brooke had joined the army. THE SOLDIER If I should die, think only this of me: In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; And think, this heart, all evil shed away, Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given; DAVIES, SIR JOHN . V. 186 Aldous Huxley. Mary A. Ward. W. Minto. Edmund Gosse. John Drinkwater. . The Editor. H. C. Beeching. Prof. J. Nichol. Aldous Huxley. The Editor. George Saintsbury. The Editor. Pelham Edgar. Sir A. W. Ward. Prof. J. Nichol. The Editor. Prof. E. Dowden. |