# Battle-Retrospect, and Other Poems

Battle-Retrospect
And Other Poems
AMOS NIVEN WILDER
"Forth from the war emerging, a book I have made."
Walt Whitman.
NEW HAVEN · YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON · HUMPHREY MILFORD · OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
MDCCCCXXIII
COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
* CONTENTS.
* Battle-Retrospect (Champagne. May, 1917)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7
* Ode in a German Cemetery................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11
* The Vision of the Russian Famine................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................16
* Unsung................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................27
* Anti-climax................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................28
* To the War Realists................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................30
* Interlude................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................31
* To the American Legion................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................32
* To G. B. and Others; Died in Action................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................33
* The Enviable Dead................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................36
* The Wise Dead................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................37
* To the Fallen (November)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................38
* The Dead to Wilson................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................39
* Buried Abroad................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................40
* "Boanerges"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................41
* Belleau. June 1, 1918................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................42
* November 11, 1918................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................43
* Yale. June, 1920................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................44
* Connecticut Hall................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................45
* The Invisible Suffrage. November 2, 1920................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................46
* To the True France................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................47
* America to Belgium................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................48
* Forêt de Soignes (Brussels)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................49
* Romanesque................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................50
* Bruges. 1921................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................51
* Bruges. New Year's................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................52
* Bruges. The Dying Past................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................53
* Earth's Messiahs................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................54
* "In Him We Live"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................55
* The Gradual Apocalypse................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................57
* Lines by Arno................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................58
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