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THE RIVERSIDE LITERATURE SERIES

A TREASURY OF WAR POETRY

CONTENTS

I. AMERICA

II. ENGLAND AND AMERICA

III. ENGLAND

IV. FRANCE

V. BELGIUM

VI. RUSSIA AND AMERICA

VII. ITALY

VIII. AUSTRALIA

IX. CANADA

X. LIÈGE

XI. VERDUN

XII. OXFORD

XIII. REFLECTIONS

XIV. INCIDENTS AND ASPECTS

XV. POETS MILITANT

XVI. AUXILIARIES

XVII. KEEPING THE SEAS

XVIII. THE WOUNDED

XIX. THE FALLEN

XX. WOMEN AND WAR

OCCASIONAL NOTES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

THE CHOICE

"LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD"

TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

ABRAHAM LINCOLN WALKS AT MIDNIGHT

THE "WILLIAM P. FRYE"

ENGLAND AND AMERICA

TO AMERICA

A CHANT OF LOVE FOR ENGLAND

AT ST. PAUL'S

JIMMY DOANE

PRINCETON, MAY, 1917

THE VIGIL

"FOR ALL WE HAVE AND ARE"

ENGLAND TO FREE MEN

LINES WRITTEN IN SURREY, 1917

FRANCE

THE NAME OF FRANCE

VIVE LA FRANCE!

THE SOUL OF JEANNE D'ARC

O GLORIOUS FRANCE

TO FRANCE

PLACE DE LA CONCORDE

TO FRANCE

TO THE BELGIANS

BELGIUM

TO BELGIUM

TO BELGIUM IN EXILE

THE WIFE OF FLANDERS

RUSSIA—AMERICA

TO RUSSIA NEW AND FREE

ITALY IN ARMS

ON THE ITALIAN FRONT, MCMXVI

AUSTRALIA TO ENGLAND

CANADA TO ENGLAND

LANGEMARCK AT YPRES

CANADIANS

THE KAISER AND BELGIUM

THE BATTLE OF LIÈGE

MEN OF VERDUN

VERDUN

GUNS OF VERDUN

THE SPIRES OF OXFORD

OXFORD IN WAR-TIME

OXFORD REVISITED IN WAR-TIME

THE WAR FILMS

THE SEARCHLIGHTS

CHRISTMAS: 1915

"MEN WHO MARCH AWAY"

WE WILLED IT NOT

THE DEATH OF PEACE

IN WAR-TIME

THE ANVIL

THE FOOL RINGS HIS BELLS

THE ROAD TO DIEPPE

TO FELLOW TRAVELLERS IN GREECE

"WHEN THERE IS PEACE"

A PRAYER IN TIME OF WAR

THEN AND NOW

THE KAISER AND GOD

THE SUPERMAN

THREE HILLS

THE RETURN

THE MOBILIZATION IN BRITTANY

THE TOY BAND

THOMAS OF THE LIGHT HEART

IN THE TRENCHES

THE GUARDS CAME THROUGH

THE PASSENGERS OF A RETARDED SUBMERSIBLE

EDITH CAVELL

THE HELL-GATE OF SOISSONS

THE VIRGIN OF ALBERT

RETREAT

A LETTER FROM THE FRONT

RHEIMS CATHEDRAL—1914

I HAVE A RENDEZVOUS WITH DEATH….

THE SOLDIER

EXPECTANS EXPECTAVI

THE VOLUNTEER

INTO BATTLE

THE CRICKETERS OF FLANDERS

"ALL THE HILLS AND VALES ALONG"

NO MAN'S LAND

CHAMPAGNE, 1914-15

HEADQUARTERS

HOME THOUGHTS FROM LAVENTIE

A PETITION

FULFILMENT

THE DAY'S MARCH

THE SIGN

THE TRENCHES

SONNETS

THE MESSINES ROAD

THE CHALLENGE OF THE GUNS

THE BEACH ROAD BY THE WOOD

GERMAN PRISONERS

"—BUT A SHORT TIME TO LIVE"

BEFORE ACTION

COURAGE

OPTIMISM

THE BATTLEFIELD

"ON LES AURA!"

TO AN OLD LADY SEEN AT A GUESTHOUSE FOR SOLDIERS

THE CASUALTY CLEARING STATION

HILLS OF HOME

THE RED CROSS SPIRIT SPEAKS

CHAPLAIN TO THE FORCES

SONG OF THE RED CROSS

THE HEALERS

THE RED CROSS NURSES

KILMENY

THE MINE-SWEEPERS

MARE LIBERUM

THE DAWN PATROL

DESTROYERS OFF JUTLAND

BRITISH MERCHANT SERVICE

TO A SOLDIER IN HOSPITAL

BETWEEN THE LINES

THE WHITE COMRADE

FLEURETTE

NOT TO KEEP

THE DEAD

THE ISLAND OF SKYROS

FOR THE FALLEN

TWO SONNETS

"HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE"

THE DEBT

TO OUR FALLEN

THE OLD SOLDIER

LORD KITCHENER

KITCHENER

THE FALLEN SUBALTERN

THE DEBT UNPAYABLE

THE MESSAGES

A CROSS IN FLANDERS

RESURRECTION

TO A HERO

RUPERT BROOKE

THE PLAYERS

A SONG

HARVEST MOON

HARVEST MOON: 1916

MY SON

TO THE OTHERS

THE JOURNEY

A MOTHER'S DEDICATION

TO A MOTHER

SPRING IN WAR-TIME

OCCASIONAL NOTES