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Robert Graves: An Old Twenty-Third Man
An Old Twenty-Third Man"Is that the Three-and-Twentieth, Strabo mine, Marching below, and we still gulping wine?" From the sad magic of his fragrant cup The red-faced old centurion started up…Robert Graves: Dead Cow Farm
Dead Cow Farm An ancient saga tells us how In the beginning the First Cow (For nothing living yet had birth But Elemental Cow on earth) Began to lick cold stones and mud: Under her warm…Robert Graves: Double Red Daisies
Double Red DaisiesDouble red daisies, they're my flowers, Which nobody else may grow. In a big quarrelsome house like ours They try it sometimes—but no, I root them up because they're my…Robert Graves: I Wonder what it Feels Like to be Drowned?
I Wonder what it Feels Like to be Drowned?Look at my knees, That island rising from the steamy seas! The candles a tall lightship; my two hands Are boats and barges anchored to the sands,…Robert Graves: I'd Love to be a Fairy's Child
I'd Love to be a Fairy's ChildChildren born of fairy stock Never need for shirt or frock, Never want for food or fire, Always get their heart's desire: Jingle pockets full of gold, Marry when…Fairies and Fusiliers
Robert Graves1918ContentsTo an Ungentle CriticAn Old Twenty-Third ManTo Lucasta on Going to the War— for the Fourth TimeTwo FusiliersTo Robert NicholsDead Cow FarmGoliath And DavidBabylonMr.…Robert Graves: Letter to S.S. from Mametz Wood
Letter to S.S. from Mametz WoodI never dreamed we'd meet that day In our old haunts down Fricourt way, Plotting such marvellous journeys there For jolly old "Après-la-guerre."Well, when it's…Robert Graves: Love and Black Magic
Love and Black MagicTo the woods, to the woods is the wizard gone; In his grotto the maiden sits alone. She gazes up with a weary smile At the rafter-hanging crocodile, The slowly swinging…Robert Graves: The Lady Visitor in the Pauper Ward
The Lady Visitor in the Pauper WardWhy do you break upon this old, cool peace, This painted peace of ours, With harsh dress hissing like a flock of geese, With garish flowers? Why do you…Robert Graves: To Lucasta on Going to the War— for the Fourth Time
To Lucasta on Going to the War— for the Fourth TimeIt doesn't matter what's the cause, What wrong they say we're righting, A curse for treaties, bonds and laws, When we're to do the…Trending
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