«“Reconnaissance in force” — just three brief words. / Amidst rumbling deep-voiced guns, / The commander cast a surly glance / At the dainty woman’s watch on his wrist. / They’d gone and charged through the enemy guns, / Yelling and slaughtering as they ran, / And by noon the of...»
«One cold damp night, winds pierced the cliffs, / Spain dragged its armor to the north, / And the trumpet of the crazed trumpeter Wailed on into the morning. / The soldiers moved their guns from battle, / The peasants drove forward their stunned cattle, / And the little ones carried with th...»
«I lived obscurely and uncertainly, / And spoke of things not always true. / But I can recollect a certain tree / An inky giant in the blue. / And I recall a woman dear to me. / Was I a coward? I don’t know. / But superstitiously and timidly / I took her hand—and let it go. / And ...»
«She lay beside the bridge. The German troops had reckoned / To cheapen her by this. Instead, her nakedness / Was like an ancient statue’s unadorned perfection, / Was like unspotted Nature’s loveliness and grace. / We covered her and carried her. The bridge, unsteady, / Appeared to palp...»