War's Embers

Ivor Gurney
Language: English
Genres: PoetrySingle Author

A collection of poems by the Gloucestershire-born English poet Ivor Gurney describing his feelings about the First World War, during which he served on the Western Front and was wounded by a mustard gas attack, and its aftermath. - Summary by Alan Mapstone

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  • 1. Dedication
  • 2. The Volunteer
  • 3. The Farm
  • 4. Omens
  • 5. Eternal Treasure
  • 6. Fire in the Dusk
  • 7. Turmut-Hoeing
  • 8. In a Ward
  • 9. Camps
  • 10. Girl's Song
  • 11. Solace of Men
  • 12. Day-Boys and Choristers
  • 13. At Reserve Depot
  • 14. Toasts and Memories
  • 15. From the Window
  • 16. Ypres-Minsterworth
  • 17. Near Midsummer
  • 18. Toussaints
  • 19. The Stone Breaker
  • 20. Drifting Leaves
  • 21. Contrasts
  • 22. To F.W.H
  • 23. The Immortal Hour
  • 24. To His Love
  • 25. Migrants
  • 26. Old Martinmas Eve
  • 27. After Music
  • 28. The Target
  • 29. Twigworth Vicarage
  • 30. Hospital Pictures: 1. Ladies of Charity
  • 31. 2. Dust
  • 32. 3. "Aberdonian"
  • 33. 4. Companion-North-East Dugout
  • 34. 5. The Miner
  • 35. 6. Upstairs Piano
  • 36. Hidden Tales
  • 37. Recompense
  • 38. The Tryst
  • 39. The Plain
  • 40. Rumours of War
  • 41. "On Rest"
  • 42. Dicky
  • 43. The Day of Victory
  • 44. Passionate Earth
  • 45. The Poplar
  • 46. Down Commercial Road (Gloucester)
  • 47. From Omiecourt
  • 48. Le Coq Francais
  • 49. The Fisherman of Newnham
  • 50. The Lock-Keeper
  • 51. The Revellers
  • 52. "Annie Laurie"
  • 53. The Battalion is Now on Rest
  • 54. Photographs
  • 55. That County
  • 56. Interval
  • 57. De Profundis
  • 58. The Tower

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