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Слушать(AI)Marching As Seen From the Left File
My eyes catch ruddy
Sturdily pressed back -All a red brick moving glint.
Like flaming pendulums,
Swing across the khaki -Mustard-coloured khaki -To the automatic feet.
We husband the ancient
In these bared necks and hands.
Not broke is the forge of Mars;
But a subtler brain beats
To shoe the hoofs of death,(Who paws dynamic air now).
Blind fingers loose an iron
To rain immortal
On strong eyes.
Isaac Rosenberg
Isaac Rosenberg (25 November 1890 – 1 April 1918) was an English poet and artist. His Poems from the Trenches are recognized as some of the most
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