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THE ENEMY
by kendrive @ 2008-05-15 - 07:34:55

More from Isaac Rosenberg.

It is not until the last word of the last line that he reveals what this poem is really about!

Don't go there yet.

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THE IMMORTALS

I killed them, but they would not die.
Yea! all the day and all the night
For them I could not rest or sleep,
Nor guard from them nor hide in flight.

Then in my agony I turned
And made my hands red in their gore.
In vain - for faster than I slew
They rose more cruel than before.

I killed and killed with slaughter mad;
I killed till all my strength was gone.
And still they rose to torture me,
For Devils only die in fun.

I used to think the Devil hid
In women’s smiles and wine’s carouse.
I called him Satan, Balzebub.
But now I call him, dirty louse.

Isaac Rosenberg

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neilemacneilemac [Member]
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15/05/08 @ 14:14

Thanks Colin, I waited to read "until the last word" and was not disappointed; the irony of it all, yes???

This is the first I've heard of Isaac Rosenberg; thanks for his 'introduction.' Well done.

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