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# A treasury of war poetry, British and American poems of the world war, 1914-1919/The Rainbow

THE RAINBOW
"And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud."—Genesis, Chap. ix. 14.
I WATCH the white dawn gleam, To the thunder of hidden guns. I hear the hot shells scream Through skies as sweet as a dream Where the silver dawnbreak runs, And stabbing of light Scorches the virginal white. But I feel in my being the old, high, sanctified thrill, And I thank the gods that the dawn is beautiful still.
From death that hurtles by I crouch in the trench day-long, But up in the cloudless sky ​From the ground where our dead men lie A brown lark soars in song. Through the tortured air Rent by the shrapnel's flare, Over the troubleless dead he carols his fill, And I thank the gods that the birds are beautiful still.
Where the parapet is low And level with the eye Poppies and cornflowers glow And the corn sways to and fro In a pattern against the sky. The gold stalks hide Bodies of men who died Charging at dawn through the dew to be killed or to kill, I thank the gods that the flowers are beautiful still.
When night falls dark we creep In silence to our dead. We dig a few feet deep And leave them there to sleep— But blood at night is red, Yea, even at night, And a dead man's face is white. And I dry my hands, that are also trained to kill, And I look at the stars—for the stars are beautiful still.
Leslie Coulson
# A treasury of war poetry, British and American poems of the world war, 1914-1919/The Red Cross Nurse

THE RED CROSS NURSE
THE battle-smoke still fouled the day, With bright disaster flaming through; Unchecked, absorbed, she held her way— The whispering death still past her flew.
A cross of red was on her sleeve; And here she stayed, the wound to bind, And there, the fighting soul relieve, That strove its Unknown Peace to find.
A cross of red . . . yet one has dreamed Of her he loved and left in tears; But unto dying sight she seemed A visitant from other spheres.
The whispering death—it nearer drew, It holds her heart in strict arrest . . And where was one, are crosses two— A crimson cross is on her breast!
Edith M. Thomas
# A treasury of war poetry, British and American poems of the world war, 1914-1919/The Searchlights

THE SEARCHLIGHTS
[Political morality differs from individual morality, because there is no power above the State.—General Von Bernhardi.]
SHADOW by shadow, stripped for fight, The lean black cruisers search the sea. Night-long their level shafts of light Revolve, and find no enemy. Only they know each leaping wave May hide the lightning, and their grave.
​And in the land they guard so well Is there no silent watch to keep? An age is dying, and the bell Rings midnight on a vaster deep. But over all its waves, once more The searchlights move, from shore to shore.
And captains that we thought were dead, And dreamers that we thought were dumb, And voices that we thought were fled, Arise, and call us, and we come; And "Search in thine own soul," they cry; "For there, too, lurks thine enemy."
Search for the foe in thine own soul, The sloth, the intellectual pride; The trivial jest that veils the goal For which our fathers lived and died; The lawless dreams, the cynic Art, That rend thy nobler self apart.
Not far, not far into the night, These level swords of light can pierce; Yet for her faith does England fight, Her faith in this our universe, Believing Truth and Justice draw From founts of everlasting law;
The law that rules the stars, our stay, Our compass through the world's wide sea, The one sure light, the one sure way, The one firm base of Liberty; The one firm road that men have trod Through Chaos to the throne of God.
Therefore a Power above the State, The unconquerable Power, returns, The fire, the fire that made her great Once more upon her altar burns, Once more, redeemed and healed and whole, She moves to the Eternal Goal.
Alfred Noyes
# A treasury of war poetry, British and American poems of the world war, 1914-1919/The Poplars

THE POPLARS
O, a lush green English meadow—it's there that I would lie— A skylark singing overhead, scarce present to the eye, And a row of wind-blown poplars against an English sky.
The elm is aspiration and death is in the yew, And beauty dwells in every tree from Lapland to Peru; But there's magic in the poplars when the wind goes through.
When the wind goes through the poplars and blows them silver white, The wonder of the universe is flashed before my sight: I see immortal visions; I know a god's delight.
​I catch the secret rhythm that steals along the earth, That swells the bud, and splits the burr, and gives the oak its girth, That mocks the blight and canker with its eternal birth.
It wakes in me the savour of old forgotten things, Before "reality" had marred the child's imaginings: I can believe in fairies—I see their shimmering wings.
I see with the clear vision of that untainted prime, Before the fool's bells jangled in and Elfland ceased to chime, That sin and pain and sorrow are but a pantomime—
A dance of leaves in ether, of leaves threadbare and sere, From whose decaying husks at last what glory shall appear When the white winter angel leads in the happier year.
And so I sing the poplars; and when I come to die I will not look for jasper walls, but cast about my eye For a row of wind-blown poplars against an English sky.
Bernard Freeman Trotter
Oxford, September, 1916.
# A treasury of war poetry, British and American poems of the world war, 1914-1919/The Recruit (Mackay)

THE RECRUIT
HIS mother bids him go without a tear; His sweetheart walks beside him, proudly gay, "No coward have I loved," her clear eyes say— The band blares out and all the townsfolk cheer.
Yet in his heart he thinks: "I am afraid! I am afraid of Fear—how can I tell If in the ordeal 'twill go ill or well? How can man tell how bravely man is made?"
Steady he waits, obeying brisk command, Head up, chin firm, and every muscle steeled,— Thinking: "I shot a rabbit in a field And sickened at its blood upon my hand."
The sky is blue and little winds blow free, He catches up his comrades' marching-song; Their bayonets glitter as they sweep along— ("How ghastly a red bayonet must be!")
How the folk stare! His comrade on the right Whispers a joke—is gay and debonair, Sure of himself and quite at odds with care;— But does he, too, turn restlessly at night?
From each familiar scene his inner eye Turns to far fields by Titans rent and torn; For in that struggle must his soul be born, To look upon itself and live—or die!
Isabel Ecclestone Mackay
# A treasury of war poetry, British and American poems of the world war, 1914-1919/The Red Christmas

THE RED CHRISTMAS
"In these days even our wedding bells ring with sombre and muffled sound."—Mr. Asquith, in the Speaker's Library, November 25, 1915.
O TAKE away the mistletoe And bring the holly berry, For all the lads are gone away And all the girls look sad to-day, There's no one left with them to play, And only birds and babes and things unknowing Dare be merry. Then take away the mistletoe And bring the holly berry.
​But oh its leaves are fresh and green, Why bring the holly berry? Because it wears the red, red hue, The colour to the season true, When war must have his tribute due, And only birds and babes and things unknowing Can be merry. So take away the mistletoe, Yet keep the holly berry.
And shall we never see again Aught but the holly berry? Yes, after sacrifice sublime, When rings some later Christmas chime, When dawns the new and better time, Not only birds and babes and things unknowing Shall be merry, But you shall see the mistletoe Twined with the holly berry.
W. H. Draper
# A treasury of war poetry, British and American poems of the world war, 1914-1919/The Return

THE RETURN
I HEARD the rumbling guns. I saw the smoke, The unintelligible shock of hosts that still, Far off, unseeing, strove and strove again; And Beauty flying naked down the hill
From morn to eve: and the stern night cried Peace! And shut the strife in darkness: all was still, Then slowly crept a triumph on the dark— And I heard Beauty singing up the hill.
John Freeman
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Morris, Henry Gage (b)

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​MORRIS. (Commander, 1846.)
Henry Gage Morris, born 20 Nov. 1811, is second son of Rear-Admiral Henry Gage Morris.
This officer served as Midshipman of the Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude, at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827. Passing his examination in 1830, he obtained a commission 19 April, 1837; and he was afterwards appointed – 20 April, 1837, as Additional, to the Hastings 74, flagship of Sir Wm. Hall Gage, off Lisbon – 25 May, 1838, to the Herald 26, Capt. Joseph Nias, of which vessel, stationed in the East Indies, he became First-Lieutenant – 31 Oct. 1840, to the Endymion 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, lying at Plymouth – 10 June and 28 Aug. 1841, as Senior, to the Champion 18 and Harlequin 16, Capts. Rich. Byron and Hon. Geo. Fowler Hastings, in the latter of which vessels he returned to the East Indies, and shared in the operations on the coast of China – 15 Aug. 1842, to the acting-command, which he retained until March, 1844, of the Wolverene 16, also in the East Indies – 5 Sept. 1845, again as First, to the Juno 26, fitting at Sheerness – and, 17 Nov. 1845, to the St. Vincent 120, bearing the flag at Portsmouth of Sir Chas. Ogle, to whom he became Signal-Lieutenant 16 Jan. 1846. He attained his present rank 25 June following; and since 20 Oct. 1847 has been in command, again in the East Indies, of the Cambrian 40, Commodore Jas. Hanway Plumridge.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Morris, Walter Windyer

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​MORRIS. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Walter Windyer Morris passed his examination 24 Feb. 1834; and from 24 Oct. 1840 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 3 July, 1846, was employed in the Coast Guard. His appointments have since been – 30 Nov. 1846, to the Penelope steam-frigate of 650-horse power, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Chas. Hotham, on the coast of Africa – and, 14 Feb. 1847, as Senior, to the Wanderer 12, Capt. Fred. Byng Montresor, on the same station, where he is at present serving.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Morries, Andrew

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​MORRIES. (Retired Commander, 1841.)
Andrew Morries had a brother a Major in the Army.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Feb. 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Andromeda 32, Capts. Wm. Taylor and Henry Inman; under the latter of whom, after serving some time on the coast of North America, he witnessed, 8 July, 1800, the capture, in Dunkerque Roads, of the French 40-gun frigate Désirée. On next joining the Polyphemus 64, Capts. Geo. Lumsdaine and John Lawford, he fought in the action off Copenhagen 2 April, 1801. In 1803 he was received on board the Monarch 74, flag-ship in the Downs of Lord Keith, who, in the course of the same year, placed him in command, with the rank of Lieutenant, of the Lord Keith cutter. In the course of 1805 he was successively nominated Acting-Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Wm. Sidney Smith and Lord Keith in the Antelope 50, and Edgar 74; in the latter of which ships, being confirmed to her by commission,dated 25 Aug. 1806 he continued employed until the summer of 1807. During the remainder of the war we find him serving on the Leith and Baltic stations in the Texel and Ardent 64’s, Capts. Jas. Giles Vashon and Robt. Honyman, flag-ships for some time of Rear-Admiral Jas. Vashon, Courageux 74, Capt. Philip Wilkinson, and Stork sloop, Capt. Robt. Lisle Coulson. He retired with the rank of Commander 5 May, 1841. .
The Commander is in possession of high recommendatory letters from Lord Keith, Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, and Admiral Billy Douglas.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Morris, George (b)

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​MORRIS. (Lieutenant, 1823.)
George Morris entered the Navy, 4 March, 1808, as Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the Puissant 74, Capts. John Irwin, Robt. Hall, and Wm. Paterson, in which ship he was for nearly four years employed at Spithead. In March, 1812, he joined, as Fst.-cl. Vol., the Sceptre 74, Capts. Thos. Harvey and Robt. Honyman, stationed at first in the North Sea, and next on the coast of North America, where, from July, 1813, until Feb. 1814, he served with the last-mentioned officer in the Marlborough 74. He then obtained a Midshipman’s berth on board the Perseus 22, Capt. Edw. Henry A’Court, at Newfoundland; and he afterwards became attached in succession – in Sept. 1815, to the Antelope 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Harvey in the Leeward Islands – and (after an interval of 10 months), in May, 1819, and Nov. 1821, to the Superb 74, and Créole 36, bearing each the broad pendant of Sir Thos. Harvey in South America, where, having held for 12 months the rating of Admiralty Midshipman on board the latter ship, he was nominated, 16 Nov. 1822, Acting-Lieutenant of the Conway 26, Capt. Basil Hall. On his return to England he was confirmed by commission dated 15 Feb. 1823. His appointments have since been – 26 Nov. 1823, as a Supernumerary, to the Ramillies 74, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch – 8 Dec. 1827, to the Erebus bomb, Capt. Philip Broke, on the Mediterranean station, where he remained about two years – 29 May, 1833, to the Revenge 78, Capts. Donald Hugh Mackay and Wm. Elliott, of which ship, employed on the Lisbon and Home stations, he became First-Lieutenant – 16 April, 1834, to the Coast Guard – 25 May, 1843, to the command (on leaving the latter service) of the Skylark brig, of 4 guns, which vessel, on her return from the coast of Scotland, was lost in a fog off the Isle of Wight 25 April, 1845 – and, 23 Nov. 1846, to the command of the Torch steamer, of 150-horse power, now engaged on particular service. Lieut. Morris is Senior of 1823. He married, 12 Jan. 1841, Harriet, daughter of W. Smith, Esq., of the Customs, West Cowes, Isle of Wight. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Morris, John Row

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​MORRIS. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 37; h-p., 23.)
John Row Morris is brother of Rear-Admiral Geo. Morris.
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1787, as Ordinary, on board the Narcissus frigate, Capts. Philip D’Auvergne, John Salisbury, and Paul Minchin, stationed in the Channel; where, from Aug. 1791 until Jan. 1795, he served, as Midshipman, in the Alfred 74, Capt. John Bazely, and was afforded an opportunity of sharing in the action of 1 June, 1794. After a brief attachment to the Sandwich 90, Capt. Jas. Robt. Mosse, he was promoted, 20 May, 1795, to a Lieutenancy in the Scourge sloop, Capt. Wm. Stapp, stationed in the North Sea. His succeeding appointments were – 21 Sept. 1795, to the Doris 36, Capt. Lord Ranelagh, employed off the coast of Ireland – 16 Aug. 1797, to the St. Albans 64, Capts. Fras. Pender and John Okes Hardy, with whom he served on the Halifax and West India stations until June, 1801 – 14 March, 1803, to the Raisonnable 64, Capt. Wm. Hotham, attached to the force in the North Sea – and 19 Oct. 1803, and (after five months of half-pay) 24 April, 1810, to the command of the Insolent gun-brig and Pioneer schooner, on the Home and Mediterranean stations. In the Insolent he assisted at the destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads in April, 1809, and in the Pioneer he contributed, in company with the Decoy cutter, to the capture, 9 May, 1812, of the Infatigable French lugger-privateer, of 29 men, 10 of whom (including their Commander) were killed and wounded. He attained the rank he now holds 15 June, 1814; and was lastly, from 31 Dec. 1820 until the spring of 1832, employed as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. Agent – Fred. Dufaur.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Morris, Peter

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​MORRIS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
Peter Morris entered the Navy, 19 Aug. 1805, as A.B., on board the Captain 74, Capt. Geo. Hopewell Stephens, stationed in the Channel. In March, 1806, he removed as Midshipman, a rating he had previously attained, to the Ocean 98, bearing the flag of Lord Collingwood off Cadiz; and after an attachment of nine months to the Hindostan 50, Capt. Lewis Hole, off Lisbon, he served as Master’s Mate, from Jan. 1809 to May, 1814, in the Bay of Biscay, on board the Goldfinch of 10 guns and 75 men, Capts. Fitzherbert Geo. Skinner and Arden Adderley, under the former of whom he assisted in beating off, 18 May, 1809, the French corvette Mouche, of 16 guns and 180 men, at the close of an action of four hours, in which the British vessel, besides being much cut up, sustained a loss of 3 men killed and 3 severely wounded. After attending, in the Alceste troop-ship, Capt. Dan. Lawrence, the expedition to New Orleans, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 10 March, 1815. His last appointment was, 4 Nov. in the latter year, to the Weser, another troop-ship, also commanded by Capt. Lawrence, in which he remained until paid off on his return from a voyage to the West Indies, 16 Aug. 1816. Agents – Holmes and Folkard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Morris, Frederick

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​MORRIS. (Lieutenant, 1842. f-p., 15; h-p., O.)
Frederick Morris, born 25 Jan. 1819, is third son of Sir John Morris, Bart., of Sketty Park and Clasemont, co. Glamorgan, by Lucy Juliana, youngest daughter of John, fifth Viscount Torrington, and sister of the late Vice-Admiral Viscount Torrington.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1832, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Larne 18, Capt. Wm. Sidney Smith, employed at first in the North Sea and off the coast of North America, and afterwards in the West Indies, where he served his time as Midshipman in the Forte 44, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, and Satellite 18, Capt. John Robb. He returned to England in 1839 as Mate of the Racehorse 18, Capt. Henry Wm. Craufurd; and on his arrival he was appointed to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings. Joining, next, the Pique 36, Capt. Edw. Boxer, he took part in the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, and, prior to assisting in the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, obtained mention for his conduct at the taking of Caiffa and Tsour. While serving subsequently on the North America and West India station in the Illustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, he was promoted, 3 Oct. 1842, to a Lieutenancy in the Tweed 20, Capt. Hugh Donald Cameron Douglas. His appointments, since he left that vessel, have been – 19 July, 1844, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Formidable 84, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. E. Owen in the Mediterranean – next, to the Snake 16, Capt. Hon. Walter Bourchier Devereux, in which vessel he returned to England and was paid off in Oct. 1845 – 2 Feb. 1846, to the Cyclops steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Fred. Lapidge, attached to the Channel squadron – and, 11 Feb. 1847, to the Canopus 84, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, now employed on particular service. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Morris, George (a)

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​MORRIS. (Rear-Admiral, 1846. f-p., 19; h-p., 39.)
George Morris, born 7 Oct. 1778, is son of the late Wm. Morris, Esq., Master R.N.; and brother of Commander John R. Morris, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1789, as Master’s Servant, on board the Victorious 74, commanded by his father, then Master Superintendent of Ordinary. In Jan. 1793 he removed, as A.B., to the Audacious 74, Capt. Wm. Parker, under whom, while holding the rating of Midshipman, he lost a leg in Lord Howe’s action, 28 May, 1794. After serving a year and ten months at the Nore in the Sandwich 90, Capt. Jas. Robt. Mosse, he was made Lieutenant, 2 June, 1796, into the Ardent 64, Capts. Rich. Rundell Burgess and Thos. Bertie, attached to the force on the North Sea station, where, under Capt. Burgess, who was killed, he fought, as Second Lieutenant, in the action off Camperdown, 11 Oct. 1797. During the expedition to Holland, in 1799, being still in the same ship, he assisted at the debarkation of the troops, and was present at the surrender of the Dutch squadron in the Texel, whence, it appears, he brought the Admiral De Ruyter, one of the prizes, to England. Assuming ​command, 22 March, 1800, of the Lady Charlotte, hired armed brig, Lieut. Morris, who continued in that vessel until Oct. 1801, succeeded, while cruizing between Start Point and Portland, in capturing L’Espoir and Le Petit Pirate, small privateers (the former carrying 6 carriage-guns and 23 men), and in retaking several British merchantmen. Attaining the rank of Commander, 14 April, 1802, he was successively appointed, in that capacity – 6 Oct. 1803, 15 June, 1806, and 2 April, 1807, to the Penguin, Elk, and Renard sloops, on the African and Jamaica stations – 3 Dec. 1807, to the Magnet 18, in the Baltic – 11 April, 1809, for 12 months, to the Sea Fencibles at Lynn – and, 23 Sept. 1811, to the Vulture 16, employed off Jersey and Guernsey. In the Penguin, aided by his boats, he effected the destruction, on the bar of Senegal river, of the French privateer La Renommée, of 14 guns and 87 men, supported by two other vessels, 24 March, 1804; he destroyed and took, in the Elk, the French and Spanish privateers Alliance, of 5 guns and 75 men, and Coecila, of 4 guns and 20 men; and, in the Magnet, after intercepting the Danish privateer Paulina, of 10 guns and 42 men, be was wrecked on the ice near Malmo, 11 Jan. 1809. After that catastrophe he marched with his ship’s company to Göttenborg, for the purpose of joining Sir Rich. Keats, then lying in Wingo Sound. On the breaking up of the ice he was sent home with despatches in the Centinel gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Elleston King. He left the Vulture, on attaining Post-rank, 1 Feb. 1812; and, on 1 Oct. , 1846, he accepted the rank he now holds.
For the loss of his leg Rear-Admiral Morris was awarded, 4 April, 1816, a pension of 300l. per annum. He married, 10 Nov. 1807, Sarah, daughter of B. Bentham, Esq., of Sheerness, by whom he has issue two sons and three daughters. Agent – Frederick Dufaur.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1801, p. 190.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1804, p. 890.