Gleams of the Shots – The Cavalryman’s Farewell

Poem by Guillaume Apollinaire Collection CalligrammesThemes WarPeriod 20th centuryPrint

Ah God! how pretty war can be
With its songs its long leisures
This ring I have polished it
The wind mingles with your sighs

Farewell! here is the boot-and-saddle
He vanished at a turning
And died over there while she
Laughed at surprising fate

Guillaume Apollinaire

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