Severn Somme

Author : Ivor Gurney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 53 pages
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Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798715098399

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Severn and Somme by Ivor Gurney Pdf

LIVING we loved you, yet withheld our praisesBefore your faces;And though we had your spirits high in honour,After the English mannerWe said no word. Yet, as such comrades would,You understood.Such friendship is not touched by Death's disaster,But stands the faster;And all the shocks and trials of time cannotShake it one jot.Beside the fire at night some far December,We shall rememberAnd tell men, unbegotten as yet, the storyOf your sad glory--Of your plain strength, your truth of heart, your splendidCoolness, all ended!All ended, ... yet the aching hearts of loversJoy overcovers,Glad in their sorrow; hoping that if they mustCome to the dust,An ending such as yours may be their portion,And great good fortune--That if we may not live to serve in peaceEngland, watching increase--Then death with you, honoured, and swift, and high;And so--not die.IN TRENCHES, July 1916.GOD, that I might seeFramilode once again!Redmarley, all renewed,Clear shining after rain.And Cranham, Cranham trees,And blaze of Autumn hues.Portway under the moon,Silvered with freezing dews.May Hill that Gloster dwellers'Gainst every sunset see;And the wide Severn riverHoming again to the sea.The star of afterglow,Venus, on western hills;Dymock in spring: O springOf home! O daffodils!And Malvern's matchless hugeBastions of ancient fires--These will not let me rest,So hot my heart desires....Here we go sore of shoulder,Sore of foot, by quiet streams;But these are not my rivers....And these are useless dreams.

Author : Ivor Gurney
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2022-10-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1015526055

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Severn & Somme by Ivor Gurney Pdf

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Author : Ivor Gurney
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0265210526

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Severn Somme (Classic Reprint) by Ivor Gurney Pdf

Excerpt from Severn Somme To my father and mother; F. W. Harvey (also a Gloucestershire lad) Miss Marion Scott, whose criticism has been so useful, and she so kind, in spite of my continued refusal to alter a word of anything the Vicar of Twigworth Herbert Howells (and this is not the last time you will hear of him) Mr. Hilaire Belloc, whose Path to Rome has been my trench companion, with The Spirit of Man Mr. Wilfred Gibson, author of Friends, a great little book many others also, including Shakespeare and Bach, both friends of mine; and, last but not least, my comrades of two platoons of the Gloucesters, who so often have wondered whether I were crazy or not. Let them draw their own conclusions now, for the writing of this book it was that so distracted me. This is a long list, and even now does not include old Mrs. Poyner, who was so jolly and long-suffering. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : IVOR. GURNEY
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1033209449

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SEVERN SOMME by IVOR. GURNEY Pdf

Author : Geoffrey Hill
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 827 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780199234486

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Collected Critical Writings by Geoffrey Hill Pdf

This collection of Geoffrey Hill's criticism spans the length of his career as a pre-eminent poet-critic. The topics range widely across English literature since the Renaissance and include extended studies of major writers as well as essays which confront the problems of language and the nature of value.

Author : Ivor Gurney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : 0904790592

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Severn & Somme ; And, War's Embers by Ivor Gurney Pdf

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

Author : Kate Kennedy
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780691218557

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Dweller in Shadows by Kate Kennedy Pdf

The first comprehensive biography of an extraordinary English poet and composer whose life was haunted by fighting in the First World War and, later, confinement in a mental asylum Ivor Gurney (1890–1937) wrote some of the most anthologized poems of the First World War and composed some of the greatest works in the English song repertoire, such as “Sleep.” Yet his life was shadowed by the trauma of the war and mental illness, and he spent his last fifteen years confined to a mental asylum. In Dweller in Shadows, Kate Kennedy presents the first comprehensive biography of this extraordinary and misunderstood artist. A promising student at the Royal College of Music, Gurney enlisted as a private with the Gloucestershire regiment in 1915 and spent two years in the trenches of the Western Front. Wounded in the arm and subsequently gassed during the Battle of Passchendaele, Gurney was recovering in hospital when his first collection of poems, Severn and Somme, was published. Despite episodes of depression, he resumed his music studies after the war until he was committed to an asylum in 1922. At times believing he was Shakespeare and that the “machines under the floor” were torturing him, he nevertheless continued to write and compose, leaving behind a vast body of unpublished work when he died of tuberculosis. Drawing on extensive archival research and spanning literary criticism, history, psychiatry and musicology, this compelling narrative sets Gurney’s life and work against the backdrop of the war and his institutionalisation, probing the links between madness, suffering and creativity. Facing death in the trenches, Gurney hoped that history might not “forget me quite.” This definitive account of his life and work helps ensure that he will indeed be remembered.

Author : Tim Kendall
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006-07-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780191534911

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Modern English War Poetry by Tim Kendall Pdf

Tim Kendall's study offers the fullest account to date of a tradition of modern English war poetry. Stretching from the Boer War to the present day, it focuses on many of the twentieth-century's finest poets - combatants and non-combatants alike - and considers how they address the ethical challenges of making art out of violence. Poetry, we are often told, makes nothing happen. But war makes poetry happen: the war poet cannot regret, and must exalt at, even the most appalling experiences. Modern English War Poetry not only assesses the problematic relationship between war and its poets, it also encourages an urgent reconsideration of the modern poetry canon and the (too often marginalised) position of war poetry within it. The aesthetic and ethical values on which canonical judgements have been based are carefully scrutinized via a detailed analysis of individual poets. The poets discussed include Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling, Wilfred Owen, Charlotte Mew, Edward Thomas, Ivor Gurney, W. H. Auden, Keith Douglas, Ted Hughes, and Geoffrey Hill.

Author : Ivor Gurney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : 1787801845

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Severn & Somme by Ivor Gurney Pdf

Author : Jane Potter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1030 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781009302623

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A History of World War One Poetry by Jane Potter Pdf

Situating First World War poetry in a truly global context, this book reaches beyond the British soldier-poet canon. A History of World War One Poetry examines popular and literary, ephemeral and enduring poems that the cataclysm of 1914-1918 inspired. Across Europe, poets wrestled with the same problem: how to represent a global conflict, dominated by modern technology, involving millions of combatants and countless civilians. For literary scholars this has meant discovering and engaging with the work of men and women writing in other languages, on other fronts, and from different national perspectives. Poems are presented in their original languages and in English translations, some for the very first time, while a Coda reflects on the study and significance of First World War poetry in the wake of the Centenary. A History of World War One Poetry offers a new perspective on the literary and human experience of 1914-1918.

Author : Christopher Allmand
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300212938

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Henry V by Christopher Allmand Pdf

Thanks in part to Shakespeare, Henry V is one of England's best-known monarchs. The image of the king leading his army against the French, and the great victory at Agincourt, are part of English historical tradition. Yet, though indeed a soldier of exceptional skill, Henry V's reputation needs to be seen against a broader background of achievement. This sweepingly majestic book is based on the full range of primary sources and sets the reign in its full European context. Christopher Allmand shows that Henry V not only united the country in war but also provided domestic security, solid government, and a much needed sense of national pride. The book includes an updated foreword which takes stock of more recent publications in the field. "A far more rounded picture of Henry as a ruler than any previous study."--G.L. Harris, The Times

Author : Matthew Riley,Anthony D. Smith
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781783271429

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Nation and Classical Music by Matthew Riley,Anthony D. Smith Pdf

How and why do listeners come over time to 'feel the nation' through particular musical works?

Author : Trevor Hold
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1843831740

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Parry to Finzi by Trevor Hold Pdf

"Each chapter begins with a discussion of its composer's song-output and of the poets and poetry he sets, and goes on to give an account of the influences on him and the hallmarks of his style; the songs are then discussed in detail, focusing on the major works. The text is illustrated with musical examples and there is a comprehensive bibliography and index"--Jacket.

Author : John Lucas
Publisher : Writers and Their Work (Paperb
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780746308875

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Ivor Gurney by John Lucas Pdf

Drawing on biographical information, letters, reminiscences and anecdotes, John Lucas pieces together the troubled life of Ivor Gurney, a key 20th century poet.

Author : Pamela Blevins
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781843834212

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Ivor Gurney & Marion Scott by Pamela Blevins Pdf

Insightful account of the life and works of two of the most important figures in twentieth-century British cultural life.