posted on 2024-04-23, 10:08authored byFirst World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team
I saw his round mouth's crimson deepen as it fell, Like a sun, in his last deep hour; Watched the magnificent recession of farewell, Clouding, half gleam, half glower, And a last splendour burn the heavens of his cheek. And in his eyes The cold stars lighting, very old and bleak, In different skies.
History
Creator
Owen, Wilfred (1893-1918)
Date
1917-11
1917-12
Source
The Complete Poems and Fragments of Wilfred Owen edited by Jon Stallworthy first published by Chatto & Windus, 1983, #22, CPF vol. 1, p. 123, vol. 2, p. 277
EB, CDL, DH. BL 1.88
Type
Poem
Rights
The Estate of Wilfred Owen.
The Complete Poems and Fragments of Wilfred Owen edited by Jon Stallworthy first published by Chatto & Windus, 1983. Preliminaries, introductory, editorial matter, manuscripts and fragments omitted.