Wilfred Owen by Stallworthy Jon

Author:Stallworthy, Jon [Stallworthy, Jon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781448180783
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2013-11-14T00:00:00+00:00

and

Earth’s crammed with heaven,

And every common bush afire with God:

But only he who sees, takes off his shoes;

The rest sit round it, and pluck blackberries,

And daub their natural faces unaware

More and more, from the first similitude. (here)

Another passage, he wrote to his sister Mary, ‘rather winded me, yea wounded me’, and he transcribed it for her:

Many fervent souls

Strike rhyme on rhyme, who would strike steel on steel

If steel had offered, in a restless heat

Of doing something. Many tender soulsfn21

Have strung their losses on a rhyming thread,

As children, cowslips: – the more pains they take,

The work more withers, – Young men, ay, and maids,

Too often sow their wild oats in tame verse,

Before they sit down under their own vine,

And live for use. Alas, near all the birds

Will sing at dawn, and yet we do not take

The chaffering swallow for the holy lark. (here)

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.