The Project Gutenberg eBook of War's Embers, and Other Verses This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the of the Project Gutenberg License included with this ebook or online at gutenberg.telechargerjeux.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title: War's Embers, and Other Verses Author: Ivor Gurney Release date: November 26, 2020 [eBook #63882] Most recently updated: October 18, 2024 Language: English Credits: Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WAR'S EMBERS, AND OTHER VERSES *** _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ SEVERN AND SOMME, 1917 WAR’S EMBERS AND OTHER VERSES BY IVOR GURNEY LONDON: SIDGWICK & JACKSON, LTD. 3 ADAM STREET, ADELPHI, W.C.2. 1919 _First published in 1919_ _All rights reserved_ TO M. M. S. _O, if my wishes were my power,_ _You should be praised as were most fit,_ _Whose kindness cannot help but flower._ _But since the fates have ordered it_ _Otherwise, then ere the hour_ _Of darkness deaden all my wit_ _I’ll write: how all my art was poor,_ _My mind too thought-packed to acquit_ _My debt ... And only, “Thanks once more.”_ A few of the poems in this volume have already appeared in print: “The Volunteer,” “In a Ward,” and “The Battalion is now on Rest” in _The Spectator_;