| I have been young, and now am not too
old ; |
| And I have seen the righteous forsaken, |
| His health, his honour and his quality
taken. |
This is not
what we were formerly told.
|
| I have seen a green county, useful to
the race, |
| Knocked silly with guns and mines, its
villages vanished, |
| Even the last rat and last kestrel
banished― |
God bless us
all, this was peculiar grace.
|
| I knew Seraphina ; Nature gave her hue, |
| Glance, sympathy, note, like one from
Eden. |
| I saw her smile warp, heard her lyric
deaden ; |
She turned to
harlotry ;― this I took to be new.
|
| Say what you will, our God sees how
then run. |
| These disillusions are his curious
proving |
| That he loves humanity and will go on
loving ; |
Over there are
faith, life, virtue in the sun.
|
| Edmund
Blunden |
Classic Poems |
| |
|
[ Forefathers ] [ Report on Experience ] [ The Midnight Skaters ] |
| |
| "The Midnight Skaters", "Forefathers", and "Report
on Experience" by Edmund Blunden can be found in his collection
Poems of Many Years (copyright ©Estate of Claire Blunden 1957)
and are reproduced by permission of PFD (www.pfd.co.uk)
on behalf of the Estate of Claire Blunden. |
| |
| |
| |
