Elizabeth Daryush

Here you will find the Poem Subalterns of poet Elizabeth Daryush

Subalterns

She said to one: `How glows
My heart at the hot thought
Of battle?s glorious throes!?
He said: `For us who fought
Are icy memories
That must for ever freeze
The sunny hours they bought.?

She said to one: `How light
Must your freed heart be now,
After the heavy fight!?
He said: `Well I don?t know?..
The war gave one a shake,
Somehow, knocked one awake?..
Now. life?s so deadly slow.?