39

ATTACK 40

COUNTER-ATTACK 41

THE EFFECT 43

REMORSE 44

IN AN UNDERGROUND DRESSING-STATION 45

DIED OF WOUNDS 46

II

"THEY" 47

BASE DETAILS 48

LAMENTATIONS 49

THE GENERAL 50

HOW TO DIE 51

EDITORIAL IMPRESSIONS 52

FIGHT TO A FINISH 53

ATROCITIES 54

THE FATHERS 55

"BLIGHTERS" 56

GLORY OF WOMEN 57

THEIR FRAILTY 58

DOES IT MATTER? 59

SURVIVORS 60

JOY-BELLS 61

ARMS AND THE MAN 62

WHEN I'M AMONG A BLAZE OF LIGHTS 63

THE KISS 64

THE TOMBSTONE-MAKER 65

THE ONE-LEGGED MAN 66

RETURN OF THE HEROES 67

III

TWELVE MONTHS AFTER 68

TO ANY DEAD OFFICER 69

SICK LEAVE 72

BANISHMENT 73

AUTUMN 74

REPRESSION OF WAR EXPERIENCE 75

TOGETHER 77

THE HAWTHORN TREE 78

CONCERT PARTY 79

NIGHT ON THE CONVOY 81

A LETTER HOME 83

RECONCILIATION 87

MEMORIAL TABLET (GREAT WAR) 88

THE DEATH-BED 89

AFTERMATH 91

SONG-BOOKS OF THE WAR 93

EVERYONE SANG 95

I

PRELUDE: THE TROOPS

Dim, gradual thinning of the shapeless gloom
Shudders to drizzling daybreak that reveals
Disconsolate men who stamp their sodden boots
And turn dulled, sunken faces to the sky
Haggard and hopeless. They, who have beaten down
The stale despair of night, must now renew
Their desolation in the truce of dawn,
Murdering the livid hours that grope for peace.

Yet these, who cling to life with stubborn hands,