Quotations - Exposure Flashcards
1
Q
Slowly
A
Slowly our ghosts drag home.
2
Q
The innocent
A
The innocent mice rejoice: the house is theirs.
3
Q
For
A
For love of God seems dying.
4
Q
Ranks
A
Ranks upon ranks of shivering grey.
5
Q
The merciless
A
The merciless iced east winds that knife us.
6
Q
Stormed
A
Stormed at with shot and shell.
7
Q
Sudden
A
Sudden successive flight of bullets streak the silence.
8
Q
Repeated as a refrain on stanzas…
A
Repeated as a refrain in stanzas 1,3,4, and 8. “But nothing happens”
9
Q
Far
A
Far off we hear the dull rumours of some other war.
10
Q
We
A
We turn back to our dying.
11
Q
All
A
All their eyes are ice.
12
Q
Watching
A
Watching we hear the mad gusts tugging on the wire.
