Bayonet Charge Flashcards
‘a green hedge / that dazzled with rifle fire’
‘a green hedge / that dazzled with rifle fire’
‘bullets smacking the belly out of the air’
‘bullets smacking the belly out of the air’
‘Suddenly he awoke and was running’
‘Suddenly he awoke and was running’
‘The patriotic tear that had brimmed in his eye / Sweating like molten iron from the centre of his
chest’
‘The patriotic tear that had brimmed in his eye / Sweating like molten iron from the centre of his
chest’
“running / like a man who has jumped up in the dark and runs / listening between footfalls for the
reason / of his still running”
“running / like a man who has jumped up in the dark and runs / listening between footfalls for the
reason / of his still running”
‘in what cold clockwork of the stars and the nations / was he the hand pointing that second?’
‘in what cold clockwork of the stars and the nations / was he the hand pointing that second?’
‘The shot-slashed furrows / Threw up a yellow hare that rolled like a flame / And crawled in a
threshing circle’
‘The shot-slashed furrows / Threw up a yellow hare that rolled like a flame / And crawled in a
threshing circle’
‘King, honour, human dignity, etcetera / Dropped like luxuries”
‘King, honour, human dignity, etcetera / Dropped like luxuries”
‘His terror’s touchy dynamite’
‘His terror’s touchy dynamite’
‘he plunged past with his bayonet towards the green hedge’
‘he plunged past with his bayonet towards the green hedge’
