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"Into Battle" is a 1915 war poem by a British First World War subaltern, Julian Grenfell. [1] The poem was published posthumously in The Times after Grenfell fell in 1915. At the time it was as popular as Rupert Brooke 's " The Soldier ".
The Poetry is in the pity." [10] Today Grenfell is most remembered for his poem "Into Battle" written in May 1915, the closing lines read; "The thundering line of battle stands, And in the air Death moans and sings; But Day shall clasp him with strong hands, And Night shall fold him in soft wings."
Into Battle features a number of historical characters including the wealthy socialite Ettie Grenfell, Baroness Desborough; her two sons Julian Grenfell (after whose poem the play is named) and Billy Grenfell; Patrick Shaw-Stewart, another war poet; Ronald Poulton, the distinguished rugby player; and the respected theologian Reverend Neville ...
May 13 – While English poet Julian Grenfell stands talking with other officers, a shell lands a few yards away and a splinter hits him in the head. He is taken to a hospital in Boulogne, where he dies 13 days later. His poem "Into Battle" is published in The Times (London) the day after his death. [7]
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Died: Julian Grenfell, English poet and army officer, author of the poem "Into Battle" (b. 1888) May 27, 1915 (Thursday)
poem LII: 'Goliath and David' by Robert Graves – a tribute to David Thomas [51] poem LIII: 'To R____ at Anzac' by Aubrey Herbert – title refers to ANZAC Cove; poem LIV: 'To John' by William Grenfell – a tribute to John Neville Manners [52] poem LV: 'To C.A.L.' by C.A.A. – a tribute to Charles Alfred Lister [53] poem LXXIII: 'Holy ...
His poem "Into Battle" is published in The Times the following day. [6] His younger brother Gerald William (Billy) Grenfell is killed in action two months later. c. May – Publication of the first modern book illustrated with wood engravings , Frances Cornford 's Spring Morning , from the Poetry Bookshop , London, has engravings by her cousin ...