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# A profitable instruction of the perfect ordering of Bees/First Treatise/Chapter 2

Who firſt taught the preparation and increaſing of Bees, and founde oute the vſe of Honny. Cap. ij.
THe reporte goeth, that one Ariſtomachus firſt founde out and taught the increaſing of Bees, whome Plinie writeth to be ſo earneſt in the ſame, that ſetting apart al other affayres, he only ſtudied night & day how he might beſt intreate and vſe Bees, according to their kinde. But others aſcribe this inuention to one Thaſsius, who (as they ſaye) deſerued no leſſe commendation, both for his diligence and ſkill among Bees: but this he ſpecially followed in the fielde, and that farre from the Towne. And of this the common people (as by a nickname) no more named him Thaſsius, but Agrius, for his wilde or rather ſtraunge life, whiche he then led in the fielde, Whome Plinie alſo affyrmeth to haue written a Booke of the increaſing and multiplying of Bees. And Columella ascribeth this inuention, to the inhabitaunts of the hill (named Hymetus) being in the Countrey of Attica, for there (ſaieth he,) was one Ericthonius, who taught (as mē write) the true and perfect ordering of thē: Plinie againe aſcribeth the inuention of Hony to one Ariſteus a man of Athens. Diodorus Siculus in the firſte Booke of hys makes, writeth, that Curetes, a people of Creta, {{bl|did firſte finde ​out the Hony,}} Macrobius aſcribeth the ſame to one Saturnus. Others to the Theſſalians. And many to Meliſſus, an auntient King of Creta, others to Naſſus Liber Pater, thus writing, that Liber hath obtayned the renowne for finding out of Honnye.
# A profitable instruction of the perfect ordering of Bees/First Treatise/Chapter 22

That the Bees ſting no perſon, comming neare their Hiues. Cap. xxi.
PLinie {{bl|in his twentith book writeth, that the hearb Sperage, bruſed and mixed with oyle, and annoynted with the ſame, doth defende the perſon from being ſtinged, by coming nigh to their hiues. And in his xxviy. booke he alſo wryteth, that ​if any happeneth to be ſtinged by a Scorpion, that he ſhall neuer after be ſtinged of any Bees, but yet being ſtinged, he teacheth to drinke the iuyce of Hearbe-grace and Rue mixed with wine, and to lay the leaues alſo in plaiſter forme on the ſtinged placed. In the}} 21. booke he writeth ye like, that bees ſtings are by nature venomous, againſt ye which be teacheth to take & vſe the iuyce of Mallowes, or the iuyce of Iuie leaues, and to annoint eyther of the two, on the ſtinged places, as a ſouerain remedy. And in the 23. booke, he teacheth wyne for a remedy, as boyled with bay leaues, and after drunke. In the 24. booke he teacheth to take a drop of that molten, whiche the honny Bees make at the entrye of the Hiue, to be a like remedy, as of the water Bezoar to be vſed againſt venemous bittes. Auicen in his ſeconde rule teacheth, that the decoction of the March Mallowes wyth vineger or wine, and the ſame anoynted on the ſtinged places, to be a perfit remedie.
Whiche alſo in his fouth rule affirmeth, that the Honnye Bee hath like diſpoſition to the waſpe, ſauing that they leaue their ſtings behinde thē: wherefore for remedie of ye waſps, you may vſe thoſe which we haue afore taught againſte the ſtings of Bees.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Nanson, Philip (1)

From volume 3 of the work.
​Nanson, Philip, s. Robert, of Appleby, Westmorland, pleb. Queen's Coll., matric. 14 July, 1665, aged 18; B.A. 8 Feb., 1669-70, M.A. 1673, rector of Newnham 1679, and of Dogmersfield, Hants, 1680; father of the next. See Foster's Index Eccl.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Nanson, Robert

From volume 3 of the work.
​Nanson, Robert, "ser." University Coll., subscribed 10 March, 1656-7, B.A. 28 Feb., 1659-60, M.A. 1662.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Napeir, Sir Richard

From volume 3 of the work.
​Napeir, Sir Richard, s. Robert, of Luton Hoo, Beds. Wadham Coll., matric. 9 April, 1624, aged 16; B.A. 4 Dec., 1626, created M.A. 31 Dec., 1627, fellow All Souls' Coll. 1628, B.C.L. 15 July, 1630, created D.Med. 1 Nov., 1642, incorporated at Cambridge 1663, knighted 4 July, 1641, hon. fellow college of physicians 1664, student of Gray's Inn 1622, "a kinsman of the Duchess of Richmond"; one of the first members of the Royal Society; died 17, buried at Besselsleigh, Berks, 19 Jan., 1675-6. See Munk's Roll, i. 328; Gardiner, 71; Foster's Gray's Inn Reg.; & Fasti, i. 437, and ii. 47.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Naper, (Sir) Nathaniel

From volume 3 of the work.
​Naper, (Sir) Nathaniel, baronetti fil. Oriel Coll., matric. 16 March, 1653-4; knighted 16 Jan., 1661, 2nd bart. (on the death of his father Sir Gerard 1673), M.P. Dorset April, 1677, unseated Feb., 1678, Corfe Castle in 4 parliaments 1678-81, 1685-7, Poole in 2 parliaments 1689-98, Dorchester Feb.July, 1702, 1702-5; died in Jan., 1708-9; brother of John 1656; father of Wyndham, Gerard, and Nathaniel 1685. See Foster's Parliamentary Dictionary.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Nanson, Philip (2)

From volume 3 of the work.
​Nanson, Philip, s. Phil., of Newnham, Hants, cler. Exeter Coll., matric. 8 July, 1700, aged 16; B.A. 1704. M.A. 1707, vicar of Ilsington, Devon, 1715. See Foster's Index Eccl.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Nanson, Thomas

From volume 3 of the work.
​Nanson, Thomas, "ser." Queen's Coll., matric. 18 Nov., 1650, B.A. 21 June, 1651, M.A. 13 April, 1654. See Burrows, 544.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Nante, William

From volume 3 of the work.
​Nante, William, secular chaplain, B.Can.L. 12 July, 1525.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Nansogge, Martin

From volume 3 of the work.
​Nansogge, Martin, B.A. from Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 1613-14 (incorporated 11 July, 1615), M.A. 1617, re-incorporated 9 July, 1622, vicar of Cornwood, Devon, 1628. See Foster's Graduati Cantab.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Nant, John

From volume 3 of the work.
​Nant, John, of "Monensis," pleb. Oriel Coll., matric. 23 April, 1619, aged 17.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Napeir, (Sir) Robert

From volume 3 of the work.
​Napeir, (Sir) Robert, of London, baronetti fil. Exeter Coll., matric. 17 Dec., 1619, aged 16; 2nd bart., student of Gray's Inn 1620 (as son and heir of Robert, of Luton Hoo, Beds, bart.), knighted at Whitehall 30 April, 1623, M.P. Corfe Castle 1626, Weymouth and Melcombe Regis 1628-9, Peterborough 1640 (l.p.), till secluded 1648; died in 1660; father of Robert 1652. See Foster's Gray's Inn Reg.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Ashwell, Seymour

From volume 1 of the work.
​Ashwell, Seymour, s. William, of Beckbury, near Bridgnorth, Salop, arm. Christ Church, matric. 18 Oct., 1854, aged 19, B.A. 1859, M.A. 1861.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Ashwood, John

From volume 1 of the work.
​Ashwood, John, s. William, of Madely, Salop, arm. Jesus Coll., matric. 11 April, 1739, aged 18, of Lincoln's Inn, 30 June, 1742.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Ashworth, Abraham

From volume 1 of the work.
​Ashworth, Abraham, s. Simon, of Salford, co. Lancaster, pleb. Brasenose Coll., matric. 20 Jan., 1776, aged 19, B.A. 1779, M.A. 1782.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Ashworth, Arthur Howard

From volume 1 of the work.
​Ashworth, Arthur Howard, 4s. Philip Howard, of Halifax, arm. Oriel Coll., matric. 28 June, 1838, aged 19, B.A. 1842, M.A. 1845, vicar of Nether Wallop, Hants, 1857, minor canon, York Cathedral, 1853, vicar of St. Mary Bishop Hill Junior, York, 1853-7; died 15 Nov., 1874.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Ashworth, Edward Thomas

From volume 1 of the work.
​Ashworth, Edward Thomas, 1s. Edward, of Exeter, gent. Balliol Coll., matric. 17 Oct., 1882, aged 17.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Ashwell, Stephen

From volume 1 of the work.
​Ashwell, Stephen, 6s. George, of St. Alban's, Herts, gent. Lincoln Coll., matric. 30 April, 1867, aged 19.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Ashwood, Thomas Porter

From volume 1 of the work.
​Ashwood, Thomas, Porter, s. John, of Madely, Salop, arm. Oriel Coll., matric. 28 Jan., 1767, aged 18.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Ashworth, Arthur

From volume 1 of the work.
​Ashworth, Arthur, 3s. John, of Prescot, co. Lancaster, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 12 March, 1852, aged 18, B.A. 1855, M.A 1863, vicar of Holme Cultram, Cumberland, 1865, until his death 1874.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Ashwell, Rev. Albert Henry

From volume 1 of the work.
​Ashwell, Rev. Albert Henry, 2s. Michael, of Stoke, co. Stafford, gent. Pembroke Coll., matric. 23 Oct., 1875, aged 19, B.A. 1878, M.A. 1882.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Ashwin, William Henry

From volume 1 of the work.
​Ashwin, William Henry, 3s. James, of Bretforton, co. Worcester, gent. Exeter Coll., matric. 7 June, 1854, aged 19; of Bretforton aforesaid, lord of the manor of Aldington.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Halman, Nicholas

From volume 2 of the work.
​Halman, Nicholas (Hollman), of Great Walsingham, Norfolk, s. Thomas, husbandman; scholar of *Gonville and Caius Coll., Cambridge 9 July, 1616, B.A. 1619, incorporated as M.A. 10 July, 1627. See Venn, 133.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Halpenny, Bernard (2)

From volume 2 of the work.
​Halpenny, Bernard, s. Bernard, of London, arm. Queen's Coll., matric. 17 April, 1714, aged 17; student of Lincoln's Inn 1714. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Hals, Matthew (1)

From volume 2 of the work.
​Hals, Matthew, 1s. Richard, of Kenington, Devon, arm. Magdalen Hall, matric. 14 March, 1622-3, aged 17; buried at Egg Buckland Aug., 1656; brother of Richard 1637; father of Edmund, Peter, and Matthew, next-named.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Hals, Matthew (2)

From volume 2 of the work.
​Hals, Matthew, s. M., of Egg Buckland, Devon, arm. Exeter Coll., matric. 17 Nov., 1676, aged 15; of Efford, Devon; baptised at Egg Buckland 2 Feb., 1657-8, and buried there 29 June, 1684; brother of Edmund and Peter.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Hals, Edmund

From volume 2 of the work.
​Hals, Edmund, s. Matthew, of Efford, Devon, arm. Exeter Coll., matric. 14 Dec., 1660, aged 18; died 17 March, 1678-9; brother of Peter 1669.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Hals, Richard (1)

From volume 2 of the work.
​Hals(e), Richard, B.A. 14 March, 1523-4, M.A. 5 July, 1527, rector of Thurleston, Devon, 1547. See Foster's Index Eccl.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Hals, Richard (2)

From volume 2 of the work.
​Hals, Richard, s. Richard, of Kenedon, Devon, gent. Trinity Coll., matric. 12 May, 1637, aged 17; B.A. 12 Nov., 1640, rector of Philleigh, Cornwall, 1660, etc.; brother of Matthew 1623. See Foster's Index Eccl.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Halls, Henry

From volume 2 of the work.
​Halls, Henry, B.A. from Queen's Coll., Cambridge, *1610, incorporated as M.A. 13 July, 1624.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Halpenny, Bernard (1)

From volume 2 of the work.
​Halpenny, Bernard, s. Tho., of Lilly, Herts, gent. Balliol Coll., matric. 6 Nov., 1685, aged 17; student of Middle Temple 1687. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Hals, Peter

From volume 2 of the work.
​Hals, Peter, s. Matth., of Efford, Devon, arm. Exeter Coll., matric. 18 May, 1669, aged 18; subs. as "Hales," not named in the family pedigree; perhaps brother of Edmund.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Prichard, John (14)

From volume 3 of the work.
​Prichard, John, s. Rob., of Prynrose, co. Carnarvon, pleb. Christ Church, matric. 15 July, 1712, aged 18.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Prichard, John (7)

From volume 3 of the work.
​Prichard, John, "ser." Jesus Coll., matric. 15 July, 1652; perhaps from Merton Coll. See Burrows, 504, 525.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Prichard, John (4)

From volume 3 of the work.
​Prichard, John, of co. Pembroke, cler. fil. Jesus Coll., matric. entry 12 May, 1615, aged 14; B.A. 9 Feb., 1617-18, M.A. 29 June, 1622; incorporated at Cambridge 1622, rector of Morvil 1620, of Llanstadwell 1623, and of Stainton, co. Pembroke, 1625. See Foster's Index Eccl.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Prichard, John (6)

From volume 3 of the work.
​Prichard, John, s. Richard Evans, of Llantrissent, co. Glamorgan, pleb. All Souls' Coll., matric. 16 April, 1641, aged 19.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Prichard, John (8)

From volume 3 of the work.
​Prichard, John, s. Joh., of Whitechurch, co. Glamorgan, pleb. St. Edmund Hall, matric. 26 Oct., 1666, aged 16.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Prichard, John (3)

From volume 3 of the work.
​Prichard, John, B.A. from Lincoln Coll. 13 Feb., 1606-7; perhaps M.A. from Corpus Christi Coll. 29 April, 1611; perhaps rector of Troedyraur 1622, and vicar of Llansantffraid, co. Cardigan, 1626. See Foster's Index Eccl.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Prichard, John (5)

From volume 3 of the work.
​Prichard, John, of 'Monensis' (town), pleb. Christ Church, matric. 23 April, 1621, aged 20; B.A. 4 July, 1622; M.A. from Jesus Coll. 31 May, 1625.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Prichard, John (9)

From volume 3 of the work.
​Prichard, John, s. Rich., of Cherbury, Salop, pleb. Balliol Coll., matric. 27 May, 1669, aged 17..
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Prichard, John ap

From volume 3 of the work.
​Prichard, John ap, studied 5 years, B.C.L. 29 May, 1560.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Prichard, John (2)

From volume 3 of the work.
​Prichard, John, B.A. from Oriel Coll. 5 May, 1604, M.A. 13 March, 1606-7; perhaps rector of Llandyfrydog, Anglesey, 1609. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Aston, Wilughby

From volume 1 of the work.
​Aston, Wilughby, s. Richard, of Middlesex, arm. Oriel Coll., matric. 7 Jan., 1729-30, aged 15, B.A. All Souls' Coll., 14 Jan., 1735, M.A. 1739, 5th baronet, M.P.; died 24 Aug., 1772.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Atcherley, David Francis

From volume 1 of the work.
​Atcherley, David Francis, 1s. David Francis, of London, arm. University Coll., matric. 9 Dec., 1836, aged 18; B.A. 1842, M.A. 1864, of Lincoln's Inn 8 May, 1840, of Marton, Salop, and of Whatcroft, Cheshire, lord of the manor of Marton.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Aston, John Walter

From volume 1 of the work.
​Aston, John Walter, 1s. John Astbury, of Bollington, Cheshire, cler. St. John's Coll., matric. 12 Oct., 1872, aged 19, B.A. 1876, M.A. 1879, vicar of Ambleside, 1878, until his death, 17 Sep., 1881.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Aston, Thomas Baker

From volume 1 of the work.
​Aston, Thomas Baker, 4s. George Beach, of Hoddesden, Salop, arm. Christ Church, matric. 17 Oct., 1850, aged 18, B.A. 1854, M.A. 1857, rector of Habberley, Salop, 1869.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Aston, William Clifford

From volume 1 of the work.
​Aston, William Clifford, 4s. John Astbury, of Bollington, Cheshire, cler. Christ Church, matric. 24 May, 1877, aged 18, B.A. 1881, M.A. 1884.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Aston, Thomas

From volume 1 of the work.
​Aston, Thomas, s. Thomas, of London, Bart. Corpus Christi Coll., matric. 1 March, 1721-2, aged 17, 4th baronet, M.P.; died 17 Feb., 1744.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Aston, James

From volume 1 of the work.
​Aston, James, s. James, of Brentford, Middlesex, arm. St. Mary Hall, matric. 19 July, 1721, aged 16, (subs.) Hart Hall in Mat. Reg.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Aston, John Astbury

From volume 1 of the work.
​Aston, John Astbury, M.A., Trinity Coll., Dublin, (B.A, 1848, M.A. 1851) adm. 'comitatis causa' 16 June, 1863, P.C, St, Stephen's, South Kensington, 1867-71, of St. Luke's, Cheltenham, 1871-81, vicar of St. John's, Deptford, 1883, until his death, 26 Nov., 1884.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Aston, John Meredith (Lawrence)

From volume 1 of the work.
​Aston, John Meredith (Lawrence), 1s. John, of Birmingham, co. Warwick, gent. Exeter Coll., matric. 15 Feb, 1844, aged 18, B.A. 1848, M.A. 1850, vicar of King's Norton, co. Worcester, 1859, until his death, 2 March, 1880.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Aston, Hon. Walter Hutchinson

From volume 1 of the work.
​Aston, Hon. Walter Hutchinson, s. — Baron Aston. Christ Church, matric. 12 June, 1789, aged 19, B.A. 1793, M.A. 1796; 9th Baron Aston, vicar of Tardebigg, co. Worcester, 1821, died 21 Jan., 1845. Alumni West. 428.
# A treasury of war poetry, British and American poems of the world war, 1914-1919/The Old Soldier

THE OLD SOLDIER
LEST the young soldiers be strange in heaven, God bids the old soldier they all adored Come to Him and wait for them, clean, new-shriven, A happy doorkeeper in the House of the Lord.
Lest it abash them, the strange new splendour, Lest it affright them, the new robes clean; Here's an old face, now, long-tried, and tender, A word and a hand-clasp as they troop in.
"My boys," he greets them: and heaven is homely, He their great captain in days gone o'er; Dear is the friend's face, honest and comely, Waiting to welcome them by the strange door.
Katharine Tynan
# A treasury of war poetry, British and American poems of the world war, 1914-1919/The New Ally

THE NEW ALLY
THEIR great grey ships go plunging forth; The waves, wind-wakened from the north, Swarm up their bows and fall away, And wash the air with golden spray.
Far off is flung their battle-line; Far off their great guns flame and shine; And we are one with them—we rise With dawning thunder in our eyes To join the embattled hosts that kept Their pact with freedom while we slept!
Harry Kem
THE CHOICE
1917
(The American Spirit Speaks)
TO the judge of Right and Wrong With Whom fulfilment lies Our purpose and our power belong, Our faith and sacrifice.
Let Freedom's Land rejoice! Our ancient bonds are riven; Once more to us the eternal choice Of Good or Ill is given.
Not at a little cost, Hardly by prayers or tears, Shall we recover the road we lost In the drugged and doubting years.
But after the fires and the wrath, But, after searching and pain, His Mercy opens us a path To live with ourselves again.
# A treasury of war poetry, British and American poems of the world war, 1914-1919/The Passengers of a Retarded Submersible

THE PASSENGERS OF A RETARDED SUBMERSIBLE
November, 1916
The American People:
WHAT was it kept you so long, brave German submersible? We have been very anxious lest matters had not gone well With you and the precious cargo of your country's drugs and dyes. But here you are at last, and the sight is good for our eyes, Glad to welcome you up and out of the caves of the sea, And ready for sale or barter, whatever your will may be.
The Captain of the Submersible:
Oh, do not be impatient, good friends of this neutral land, That we have been so tardy in reaching your eager strand. We were stopped by a curious chance just off the Irish coast, Where the mightiest wreck ever was lay crowded with a host Of the dead that went down with her; and some prayed us to bring them here That they might be at home with their brothers and sisters dear. We Germans have tender hearts, and it grieved us sore to say We were not a passenger ship, and to most we must answer nay, But if from among their hundreds they could somehow a halfscore choose We thought we could manage to bring them, and we would not refuse. They chose, and the women and children that are greeting you here are those Ghosts of the women and children that the rest of the hundred chose.
The American People:
What guff are you giving us, Captain? We are able to tell, we hope, A dozen ghosts, when we see them, apart from a periscope. Come, come, get down to business! For time is money, you know, And you must make up in both to us for having been so slow. Better tell this story of yours to the submarines, for we Know there was no such wreck, and none of your spookery.
The Ghosts of the Lusitania Women and Children:
Oh, kind kin of our murderers, take us back when you sail away; Our own kin have forgotten us. O Captain, do not stay! But hasten, Captain, hasten: The wreck that lies under the sea Shall be ever the home for us this land can never be.
William Dean Howells
# A treasury of war poetry, British and American poems of the world war, 1914-1919/The New School

THE NEW SCHOOL
THE halls that were loud with the merry tread of young and careless feet Are still with a stillness that is too drear to seem like holiday, And never a gust of laughter breaks the calm of the dreaming street Or rises to shake the ivied walls and frighten the doves away.
The dust is on book and on empty desk, and the tennis-racquet and balls Lie still in their lonely locker and wait for a game that is never played, And over the study and lecture-room and the river and meadow falls A stern peace, a strange peace, a peace that War has made.
​For many a youthful shoulder now is gay with an epaulet, And the hand that was deft with a cricket-bat is defter with a sword, And some of the lads will laugh to-day where the trench is red and wet, And some will win on the bloody field the accolade of the Lord.
They have taken their youth and mirth away from the study and playing-ground To a new school in an alien land beneath an alien sky; Out in the smoke and roar of the fight their lessons and games are found, And they who were learning how to live are learning how to die.
And after the golden day has come and the war is at an end, A slab of bronze on the chapel wall will tell of the noble dead. And every name on that radiant list will be the name of a friend, A name that shall through the centuries in grateful prayers be said.
And there will be ghosts in the old school, brave ghosts with laughing eyes, On the field with a ghostly cricket-bat, by the stream with a ghostly rod; They will touch the hearts of the living with a flame that sanctifies, A flame that they took with strong young hands from the altar-fires of God.
Joyce Kilmer
[From Main Street and Other Poems. Copyright, 1917, by George H. Doran Company.]
# A treasury of war poetry, British and American poems of the world war, 1914-1919/The Peacemaker

THE PEACEMAKER
UPON his will he binds a radiant chain, For Freedom's sake he is no longer free. It is his task, the slave of Liberty, With his own blood to wipe away a stain. That pain may cease, he yields his flesh to pain To banish war, he must a warrior be. He dwells in Night, eternal Dawn to see, And gladly dies, abundant life to gain.
​What matters Death, if Freedom be not dead? No flags are fair, if Freedom's flag be furled. Who fights for Freedom, goes with joyful tread To meet the fires of Hell against him hurled, And has for captain Him whose thorn-wreathed head Smiles from the Cross upon a conquered world.
Joyce Kilmer