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Great Poems of the World War

by William Dunseath Eaton

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Before Action Lieut. William Noel Hodgson
  3. 3Alan Seeger Washington Van Dusen
  4. 4The Nurse in London Punch
  5. 5The Little Home Paper Charles Hanson Towne
  6. 6No Man’s Land Capt. James H. Knight-Adkin
  7. 7The Gold Star Edgar a. Guest
  8. 8Watchin’ Out for Subs U. a. L
  9. 9French in the Trenches William J. Robinson
  10. 10Litany Allene Gregory
  11. 11Ragnarok The Twilight of the Gods
  12. 12The Kid Has Gone to the Colors William Herschell
  13. 13A Scrap of Paper Herbert Kaufman
  14. 14Poppies Capt. John Mills Hanson, F.a
  15. 15As the Trucks Go Rollin’ by Lieut. L. W. Suckert, A.s., U.s.a
  16. 16The Graves of Gallipoli L. L. (A. N. Z. a. C.)
  17. 17Battle of Belleau Wood Edgar a. Guest
  18. 18“Poor Old Ship!” C. Fox Smith
  19. 19Passing the Buck Sergt. Norman e. Nygaard, 313th Sn. Tn
  20. 20The Return
  21. 21Bullington
  22. 22The Padre Capt. C. W. Blackall
  23. 23Corp’ral’s Chevrons
  24. 24The Old Top Sergeant Berton Braley
  25. 25Flag Everlasting a. G. Riddoch
  26. 26The Blue and the Gray in France George M. Mayo
  27. 27A Little Town in Senegal Will Thompson
  28. 28A Little Grimy-Fingered Girl Lee Wilson Dodd
  29. 29Soldiers of the Soil Everard Jack Appleton
  30. 30The Cross and the Flag William Henry, Cardinal O’connell
  31. 31The Road to France Daniel M. Henderson
  32. 32Nazareth “L”
  33. 33The Crimson Cross Elizabeth Brown du Bridge
  34. 34Pierrot Goes Charlotte Becker
  35. 35A Serbian Epitaph V. Stanimirovic
  36. 36The Nightingales of Flanders Grace Hazard Conkling
  37. 37The Widow Miss C. M. Mitchell
  38. 38Pershing at the Tomb of Lafayette Amelia Josephine Burr
  39. 39Trains Lieut. John Pierre Roche
  40. 40Christ in Flanders L. W
  41. 41An American Creed Everard Jack Appleton
  42. 42Runner McGEE ( Who had “Return if Possible” Orders. )
  43. 43The Soldier’s Folks at Home From The Christian Herald
  44. 44Three Hills Everard Owen
  45. 45Mike Dillon, Doughboy Lieut. John Pierre Roche
  46. 46When the French Band Plays Anonymous
  47. 47The Old Gang on the Corner William Herschell
  48. 48The Battle-Line J. B. Dollard
  49. 49A Chant of Army Cooks Anonymous
  50. 50The Drum Joseph Lee
  51. 51The Great Adventure Major Kendall Banning
  52. 52To the Writer of “Christ in Flanders” e. M. V
  53. 53To Somebody Harold Seton
  54. 54War Col. William Lightfoot Visscher
  55. 55A Marching Soliloquy by a Member of the S. a. T. C., Northwestern C…
  56. 56While Summers Pass Aline Michaelis
  57. 57The Marines Adolphe e. Smylie
  58. 58An Ambulance Driver’s Prayer Lieut. Chaplain Thomas F. Coakley
  59. 59Not Too Old to Fight T. C. Harbaugh
  60. 60A Wayside in France Adolphe e. Smylie
  61. 61Missing “Iris”
  62. 62The Rivers of France H. J. M
  63. 63Just Thinking Hudson Hawley
  64. 64The Evening Star Harold Seton
  65. 65Columbia’s Prayer Thomas P. Bashaw
  66. 66Two Viewpoints Amelia Josephine Burr
  67. 67Destroyers “Klaxon”
  68. 68Nineteen-Seventeen Susan Hooker Whitman
  69. 69The Silent Army. Ian Adanac
  70. 70The Source of News From The Needle
  71. 71To My Son
  72. 72Easter-Eggs Reginald Wright Kauffman
  73. 73A Dirge Victor Perowne
  74. 74The Woman’s Game Authorship not known
  75. 75A Flemish Village H. A
  76. 76France Capt. Joseph Medill Patterson
  77. 77The Clerk B. H. M. Hetherington
  78. 78Poilu Steuart M. Emery, a. e. F
  79. 79Australia’s Men Dorothea Mackellar
  80. 80Tanks o. C. a. Child
  81. 81A Hymn of Freedom Mary Perry King
  82. 82Swan Songs
  83. 83I Have a Rendezvous with Death
  84. 84In Flanders’ Fields
  85. 85The Soldier
  86. 86Not with Vain Tears
  87. 87But a Short Time to Live
  88. 88The Lost Ones
  89. 89The Flag Speaks Walter e. Peck
  90. 90The Call ( France, August 1st, 1914 )
  91. 91The Crutches’ Tune Elizabeth R. Stoner
  92. 92The Anxious Dead Lieut. Col. John McCRAE
  93. 93Home Reginald Wright Kauffman
  94. 94To Happier Days Mabel McELLIOTT
  95. 95Your Lad, and My Lad Randall Parrish
  96. 96“AS She Is Spoke” Boston Transcript
  97. 97The Spires of Oxford ( Seen from the Train )
  98. 98The Gentlemen of Oxford Norah M. Holland
  99. 99With the Same Pride Theodosia Garrison
  100. 100Aceldama Dr. George F. Butler
  101. 101The Lonely Garden Edgar a. Guest
  102. 102The British Army of 1914 Alfred W. Pollard
  103. 103Morituri Te Salutant P. H. B. L
  104. 104“Blighty” and “Gone West”
  105. 105Blighty
  106. 106Going West
  107. 107Spring F.m.h.d., F.a
  108. 108On His Own Adolphe e. Smylie
  109. 109They Shall Not Pass Alison Brown
  110. 110Ships That Sail in the Night Dysart McMULLEN
  111. 111John Doe — Buck Private Allan P. Thomson
  112. 112Knitting Socks
  113. 113The Goldenrod “Anchusa”
  114. 114Magpies in Picardy “Tipcuca”
  115. 115Somewhere in France, 1918 Almon Hensley
  116. 116Afterward Charles Hanson Towne
  117. 117The Song of the Guns Herbert Kaufman
  118. 118Telling the Bees ( An old Gloucestershire superstition )
  119. 119The Retinue Katharine Lee Bates
  120. 120Vive la France! Charlotte Holmes Crawford
  121. 121The Woes of a Rookie William L. Colestock
  122. 122In the Front-Line Desks Lieut. Elmer Franklin Powell
  123. 123Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight ( In Springfield, Illinois )
  124. 124The Kings Hugh J. Hughes
  125. 125Jean Desprez Robert W. Service
  126. 126Suddenly One Day Author Unknown
  127. 127We’re Marchin’ with the Country Frank L. Stanton
  128. 128Do Your All Edgar a. Guest
  129. 129Flag of the Free Francis T. Smith
  130. 130The Service Flag William Herschell
  131. 131A Small Town Sport Damon Runyon
  132. 132Somewhere in France le Roy C. Henderson
  133. 133The Service Flag J. e. Evans
  134. 134“Hearts Are Touching”
  135. 135Men of the Blood and Mire Daniel M. Henderson
  136. 136The Song of the Dead J. H. M. Abbott
  137. 137The Refugees W. G. S
  138. 138Song of the Winds Mary Lanier Magruder
  139. 139“What Think Ye?” W. a. Briscoe
  140. 140The Man Behind Douglas Malloch
  141. 141Here at Verdun Chester M. Wright
  142. 142The Anxious Anthemist Guy Forrester Lee
  143. 143A Ride in France “O. C. Platoon”
  144. 144There Will Be Dreams Again Mabel Hillyer Eastman
  145. 145The Boy Next Door S. e. Kiser
  146. 146The Flag Edward a. Horton
  147. 147The War Horse Lieut. L. Fleming, B. e. F., France
  148. 148Parenthetically Speaking. From The Chicago Tribune
  149. 149World Series Opened — Batter Up! in The Stars and Stripes, A. E. F.…
  150. 150Edith Cavell McLANDBURGH Wilson
  151. 151To Serve Is to Gain Charles H. Mackintosh
  152. 152They Shall Return J. Lewis Milligan
  153. 153“To the Irish Dead” by Essex Evans
  154. 154Vision Dorothy Paul
  155. 155Rain on Your Old Tin Hat Lieut. J. H. Wickersham
  156. 156The Armed Liner H. Smalley Sarson
  157. 157There Are Crocuses at Nottingham Written in the Trenches
  158. 158The War Rosary Nellie Hurst
  159. 159When Private Mugrums Parley Voos Pvt. Charles Divine
  160. 160Mules C. Fox Smith
  161. 161An April Song George C. Michael, Lance Corporal, R. E
  162. 162A Song of the Air Gordon Alchin
  163. 163Victory! S. J. Duncan-Clark
  164. 164The Homecoming Leroy Folge
  165. 165The Crown Helen Combes
  166. 166Our Soldier Dead Annette Kohn
  167. 167Let There Be Light! Ruth Wright Kauffman
  168. 168The Present Battle-Field Wright Field
  169. 169November Eleventh Elizabeth Hanly
  170. 170Old Jim Norman Shannon Hall
  171. 171The Unknown Soldier Armistice Day at Arlington Grantland Rice
  172. 172Epitaph for the Unknown Soldier Annette Kohn
  173. 173Index of First Lines

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