History & Politics
The Mitrailleuse at Saarbrucken
From My Lyrical Life, Second Series (1889)
History & Politics
What sound was that we heard! great God of
Battles!
It was the Empire having the death-rattles.
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Codex Note
From the section "War-Waits" of My Lyrical Life, Second Series (1889).
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MLA
Massey, Gerald. “The Mitrailleuse at Saarbrucken.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/massey/260/.
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Massey, Gerald. “The Mitrailleuse at Saarbrucken.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/massey/260/.
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