Wan, fragile faces of joy!
[WAN, FRAGILE FACES OF JOY!] by ISAAC ROSENBERG
Wan, fragile faces of joy!
Pitiful mouths that strive
To light with smiles the place
We dream we walk alive.
To you I stretch my hands;
Hands shut in pitiless trance
In a land of ruin and woe,
The desolate land of France.
Dear faces, startled and shaken,
Out of wild dust and sounds,
You yearn to me, lure and sadden
My heart with futile bounds.
| Title |
Wan, fragile faces of joy!
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| Author |
Rosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918)
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| Notes |
In some editions this poem has been called 'Home - Thoughts from France'.
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| Item date |
1977
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| Content | |
| Copyright |
The Isaac Rosenberg Literary Estate. Preliminaries and editorial matter omitted.
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| Digital repository | |
| Repository name |
ProQuest
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| First line |
Wan, fragile faces of joy!
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| Publication source |
The Collected Poems of Isaac Rosenberg
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| Publication editor |
Bottomley, Gordon and Harding, Denys
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| Publishers |
Chatto & Windus Ltd.
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| Publication place |
London
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Collection
Citation
“Wan, fragile faces of joy!,” by Rosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918). The Isaac Rosenberg Literary Estate. Preliminaries and editorial matter omitted. via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 18, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/3273.
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