War and Love

War and Love by Richard Aldington

Foreword

A few of these poems have appeared before in books and periodicals, as follows: Some Imagist Poets, 1917 (Houghton Mifflin Co., & Constable); New Paths (1918) C. W. Beaumont, London; Reverie (Privately printed, Cleveland, Ohio); The Dial; The Seven Arts; The Egoist.

Part I: War

"They said that this mystery shall never cease:
The priest promotes war, and the soldier peace."

Blake

• Proem
• Vicarious Atonement
• Leave-Taking
• Bondage
• A Moment's Interlude
• Dawn
• Captive
• Prayer
• On the March
• Our Hands
• Fatigues
• The Wine-Cup
• Sorcery of Words
• The Lover
• April Lieder
• Genius Loci
• Three Little Girls
• Living Sepulchres
• Machine Guns
• Picket I, II
• The Faun Complains
• Trench Idyll
• Battle-Field
• "Ivy and Violet..."
• A Ruined House
• Time's Changes
• In the Trenches, I, II
• A Village
• Barrage
• Bombardment
• A Young Tree
• Disdain
• An Earth Goddess
• H. S. R.
• E. T.
• Soliloquy, I
• Soliloquy, II
• Daughter of Zeus
• Defeat
• Civilians
• Doubt
• Terror
• Apathy
• The Blood of the Young Men

Part II

"Amor si dolce mi fa sentire
 Che, s'io allora non perdessi adire,
 Farei, parlando, innamorar la gente."
Dante

• Prelude
• An Old Song
• Song
• Song for Her
• Possession
• An Interlude
• Before Parting
• Prayer
• "I Do Not Even Scorn..."
• Absence
• Her Mouth
• Daybreak
• Sleep
• A Soldier's Song
• Nights of Love
• Gain
• Postlude
• Epilogue

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1923. The author died in 1962, so this work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 50 years or less. This work may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.