The Dead Heroes
THE DEAD HEROES by ISAAC ROSENBERG
Flame out, you glorious skies,
Welcome our brave,
Kiss their exultant eyes;
Give what they gave.
Flash, mailèd seraphim,
Your burning spears;
New days to outflame their dim
Heroic years.
Thrills their baptismal tread
The bright proud air;
The embattled plumes outspread
Burn upwards there.
Flame out, flame out, O Song!
Star ring to star,
Strong as our hurt is strong
Our children are.
Their blood is England's heart;
By their dead hands
It is, their noble part
That England stands.
England---Time gave them thee;
They gave back this
To win Eternity
And claim God's kiss.
| Title |
The Dead Heroes
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| Author |
Rosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918)
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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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| Repository address URL | |
| First line |
Flame out, you glorious
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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
“The Dead Heroes,” by Rosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918). The Isaac Rosenberg Literary Estate. Preliminaries and editorial matter omitted. via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed April 29, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/3283.
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