What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons. No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells; Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs, -- The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells; And bugles calling for them from sad shires. What candles may be held to speed them all? Not in the hands of boys but in their eyes Shall shine the holy glimmers of good-byes. The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall; Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds, And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.
Symphony no. 6 (A Symphony of War)
Symphony by Walter Gaze Cooper (b. 1895)
?. Anthem for Doomed Youth  [sung text not yet checked]
Authorship:
- by Wilfred Owen (1893 - 1918), "Anthem for Doomed Youth", first published 1917
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Hymne für verlorene Jugend", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
In Britten's War Requiem, this is sung by the tenor.
Researcher for this page: Jason Rico
?. A leaf on the gray sand‑path
A leaf on the gray sand-path . . . . . . . . . .— The rest of this text is not
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Authorship:
- by Laurence Binyon (1869 - 1943), "The unreturning spring", appears in The Augustan Books of Poetry: Laurence Binyon, first published 1926
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