 Not a cry, not a sound, not a life, not a mouse, Only the stillness of the great graveyards, Only the crosses, — the crooked wooden crosses — On the wide lonely plain.  Belgian Poems - Page 43by Emile Cammaerts - 1915 - 183 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American literature - 1915 - 796 pages
...front, There stands a little house Lonely and desolate. Not a man, not a bird, not a dog, not a cat, Only a flight of crows along the railway line, The...muddy road And along the Yser, the twinkling fires. A low thatched cottage With doors and shutters closed, The roof torn by a shell, Standing out of the... | |
 | Emile Cammaerts - World War, 1914-1918 - 1916 - 204 pages
...— And then our graves will bloom Beneath the sun of God." Not a breath, not a sound, not a soul, Only the crosses, the crooked wooden crosses " Venez...muddy road, And, along the Yser, the twinkling fires. PRIERE: PAQUES, 1915 " MAY WE PRAY FOU VICTORY ? ' Toi qui, cette nuit, surgis du tombeau, Malgré... | |
 | William Boyd - Ambulances - 1916 - 134 pages
...closed, The roof torn by a shell, Standing out of the floods alone. Not a man, not a cat, not a dog, not a soul, Only a flight of crows along the railway...muddy road, And, along the Yser, the twinkling fires. We entered the little house and found it full of wounded. The regimental medical officer lived there... | |
 | William Boyd - Ambulances - 1916 - 132 pages
...closed, The roof torn by a shell, Standing out of the floods alone. Not a man, not a cat, not a dog, not a soul, Only a flight of crows along the railway...sound of our boots on the muddy road, And, along the Ysex, the twinkling fires. We entered the little house and found it full of wounded. The regimental... | |
 | William Reginald Wheeler - World War, 1914-1918 - 1917 - 228 pages
...sun of God." Not a breath, not a sound, not a soul, Only the crosses, the crooked wooden crosses . , "Come, 'tis getting late. 'Tis but a peasant girl...muddy road, And, along the Yser, the twinkling fires. TO THE GREAT KING OF A LITTLE COUNTRY BY EMILE CAMMAERTS (Translated by Tita Brand-Cammaerts) HERE... | |
 | American literature - 1915 - 790 pages
...front, There stands a little house Lonely and desolate. Not a man, not a bird, not a dog, not a cat, Only a flight of crows along the railway line, The...muddy road And along the Yser, the twinkling fires. A low thatched cottage With doors and shutters closed, The roof torn by a shell, Standing out of the... | |
 | 1916 - 508 pages
...graveyards," completing his dreary picture as follows : — " Not a man, not a bird, not a dog, nor a cat, Only a flight of crows along the railway line, The...muddy road And, along the Yser, the twinkling fires." But there is a human note in the poem. The peasant and his daughter cling to the soil from which they... | |
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