Chapter I: Front Matter

OXFORD POETRY

1920

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OXFORD POETRY
1920

EDITED BY
V. M. B., C. H. B. K., A. P.

OXFORD
BASIL BLACKWELL
1920

The following authors wish to make acknowledgment to the editors of
the publications mentioned for permission kindly given to reprint:
Mr. E. Blunden, _The Nation_ ("Forefathers"), _Voices_ ("Sheet
Lightning"); Miss V. M. Brittain, _The Oxford Chronicle_ ("Boar’s
Hill," and "The Lament of the Demobilized"); Mr. R. Campbell, _The
Oxford and Cambridge Miscellany_ ("Bongwi’s Theology"); Mr. L.
Golding, _Voices_ ("The Moon-Clock," "Cold Branch," "I Seek a Wild
Star"); Mr. A. Porter, _Voices_ ("Life and Luxury," "A Far
Country"); Mr. E. Rickword, _The London Mercury_ ("Intimacy"); Mr.
W. Force Stead, _The Poetry Review_; Mr. L. A. G. Strong, _Coterie_
("A Devon Rhyme," "Christopher Marlye"), _The Oxford Chronicle_
("From the Greek").

CONTENTS

EDMUND BLUNDEN (QUEEN’S) PAGE
SHEET LIGHTNING 1
FOREFATHERS 3

G. H. BONNER (MAGDALEN)
SONNET 5

VERA M. BRITTAIN (SOMERVILLE)
BOAR’S HILL, OCTOBER, 1919 6
THE LAMENT OF THE DEMOBILIZED 7
DAPHNE 8

G. A. FIELDING BUCKNALL (EXETER)
UNTO DUST 9

ROY CAMPBELL (MERTON)
THE PORPOISE 10
BONGWI’S THEOLOGY 11

ERIC DICKINSON (EXETER)
THREE SONNETS 12

LOUIS GOLDING (QUEEN’S)
THE MOON-CLOCK 14
COLD BRANCH IN THE BLACK AIR 15
I SEEK A WILD STAR 16

ROBERT GRAVES (ST. JOHN’S)
MORNING PHŒNIX 17

L. P. HARTLEY (BALLIOL)
CANDLEMAS 18

B. HIGGINS (B.N.C.)
ONE SOLDIER 21

WINIFRED HOLTBY (SOMERVILLE)
THE DEAD MAN 22

R. W. HUGHES (ORIEL)
THE ROLLING SAINT 23
THE SONG OF PROUD JAMES 25

E. W. JACOT (QUEEN’S)
HERE’S A DAFFODIL 26
NURSERY RHYMES 26

G. H. JOHNSTONE (MERTON) SUMMER 27 "IPSE EGO ..." 28