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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PEACE PEAL (AFTER FOUR YEARS OF SILENCE), by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Said a wistful daw in saint peter's tower Last Line: Or lower, of pens and politics. Subject(s): Peace; World War I; First World War | |||
SAID a wistful daw in Saint Peter's tower, High above Casterbridge slates and tiles, Why do the walls of my Gothic bower Shiver, and shrill out sounds for miles? This gray old rubble Has scorned such din Since I knew trouble And joy herein. How still did abide them These bells now swung, While our nest beside them Securely clung!. . . It means some snare For our feet or wings; But I'll beware Of such baleful things!" And forth he flew from his louvred niche To take up life in a damp dark ditch. -- So mortal motives are misread, And false designs attributed, In upper spheres of straws and sticks, Or lower, of pens and politics. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...D'ANNUNZIO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY 1915: THE TRENCHES by CONRAD AIKEN TO OUR PRESIDENT by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES CHILDREN OF THE WAR by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE U-BOAT CREWS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE RED CROSS NURSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES WAR PROFITS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE UNCHANGEABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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