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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."
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poem XLVI: 'The Death of the Zeppelin' by O. – refers to the defence mounted against the Zeppelins; poem XLVII: 'The Last Salute' by Robert Nichols – refers to the death of the Grenfell brothers; poem XLIX: 'R. B.' by Aubrey Herbert – a tribute to Rupert Brooke; poem LII: 'Goliath and David' by Robert Graves – a tribute to David Thomas ...
His collection of poetry, containing all five sonnets, 1914 & Other Poems, is first published posthumously in May and runs to 11 further impressions this year alone. 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 ...
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 ...
Died: Julian Grenfell, 27, English poet and army officer, author of the poem "Into Battle"; died from encephalitis after being injured by a shell in Boulogne, France (b. 1888 ) [ citation needed ] May 27 , 1915 (Thursday)
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