World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction
The writer’s friend Gringoire, originally a poet and Gallophile, went to the war. Long, gray, lean, unreasonably boastful as a man and unreasonably modest as a poet, he was probably not too disciplined as an infantry officer, but he has survived to inhabit in tranquillity with...
The writer’s friend Gringoire, originally a poet and Gallophile, went to the war. Long, gray, lean, unreasonably boastful as a man and unreasonably modest as a poet, he was prob...
4. PART TWOThe old houses of Flanders, They watch by the high cathedrals; They overtop the high town halls; They have eyes, mournful, tolerant and sardonic for the ways of men In the high,...
5. mill. I found myself, having passed several darkish, steaming roomsin which the white nudity of many men showed against the blue-gray of flannel shirts, and the drab colors of steam-damped khaki in the shadow--I found myself in an armchair, in...