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Title: Poems of the Great War
Published on the Behalf of the Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund

Author: Various

Release Date: September 9, 2010 [EBook #33681]

Language: English

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POEMS OF THE GREAT WAR

_DUTY._

_Give gladly, you rich--'tis no more than you owe--
For the weal of your Country, your wealth's overflow!
Even I that am poor am performing my part;
I am giving my brain, I am giving my heart._

_WILLIAM WATSON_

POEMS OF THE
GREAT WAR

PUBLISHED ON BEHALF OF THE
PRINCE OF WALES'S NATIONAL
RELIEF FUND

FOURTH EDITION

LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1914

NOTE

This collection of War Poems, the net profits from which will be given
to the Prince of Wales's Fund, represents the free offering of English
poets to the cause of National Relief.

Most of the poems have appeared recently in the Press. Mr. Robert
Bridges' opening contribution, Mr. Henry Newbolt's, Mr. Maurice
Hewlett's, Mr. R. E. Vernede's, Mr. Binyon's, were all printed in the
_Times_ during the few days immediately following the declaration of
war, as also was the sonnet by Mr. William Watson. Sir Owen Seaman's
poem came out originally in _Punch_, "The Hour" in the _Daily
Telegraph_, "The United Front" in the _Daily Mail_. "We Willed it Not"
is reprinted from the _Sphere_, "Duty" and "Commandeered" from the
_Westminster Gazette_, and the poems by Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Cecil
Chesterton from the _New Witness_. The _New Weekly_ published the verses
by Mr. John Freeman, and the _Daily Chronicle_ those by Mr. Harold
Begbie. The two hymns which close the collection are reprinte