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Ivor Gurney

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Out of the smoke and dust of the little room …

Ivor Gurney

Watching the dark my spirit rose in flood …

Ivor Gurney

As I went up by Ovillers …

Ivor Gurney

After the dread tales and red yarns of the Line …

Ivor Gurney

She was a village …

Ivor Gurney

One would remember still …

Ivor Gurney

Lying in dug-outs, joking idly, wearily; …

Ivor Gurney

If it were not for England, who would bear …

Ivor Gurney

Only the wanderer …

Ivor Gurney

Little did I dream, England, that you bore me …

Ivor Gurney

He's gone, and all our plans …

Ivor Gurney

Now, youth, the hour of thy dread passion comes; …

Ivor Gurney

When I remember plain heroic strength …

Ivor Gurney

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