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From Omiecourt
From War's Embers, and Other Verses (1919)
O small dear things for which we fight--
Red roofs, ricks crowned with early gold,
Orchards that hedges thick enfold--
O visit us in dreams to-night!
Who watch the stars through broken walls
And ragged roofs, that you may be
Still kept our own and proudly free
While Severn from the Welsh height falls.
Codex Note
Eight lines to the 'small dear things for which we fight': red roofs, golden ricks, orchards. They are asked to visit the soldiers in dreams, so that Severn stays 'free'.
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MLA
Gurney, Ivor. “From Omiecourt.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gurney/27/.
Chicago
Gurney, Ivor. “From Omiecourt.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gurney/27/.
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