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The Silk-Hat Soldier, and Other Poems in War Time

by Richard Le Gallienne

Level C1 · AdvancedHistoricalPoetry9 chapters
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Length
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About this book

About this book

Amid the stirring call to arms, men from every walk of life cast aside their peace and play to fight for England’s honor. These war-time poems evoke the sacrifice, patriotism, and haunting cost of a world at war.

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Contents

9 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02THESILK-HAT SOLDIERAND OTHER POEMS IN WAR TIME
03TO BELGIUM
04THE SILK-HAT SOLDIER
05THE CRY OF THE LITTLE PEOPLES
06THE ILLUSION OF WAR
07CHRISTMAS IN WAR-TIME
08“SOLDIER GOING TO THE WAR”
09THE RAINBOW

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