The title poem recalls fishing a German river in June 1914 while troop trains rolled toward Trier. The poems that follow, written by the American minister at The Hague during the war, include “A Scrap of Paper,” “Stand Fast,” “The Bells of Malines,” “Jeanne d’Arc Returns” and interludes in Holland.
Earnest war verse from a well-loved American poet who watched the conflict from neutral Holland. Download the free EPUB.