Unhappy Far-Off Things

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Unhappy Far-Off Things, by Lord DunsanyThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Unhappy Far-Off ThingsAuthor: Lord DunsanyRelease Date: October 21, 2004 [EBook #13820]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK UNHAPPY FAR-OFF THINGS ***Produced by Tom HarrisUNHAPPY FAR-OFF THINGSby Lord Dunsany1916PrefaceI have chosen a title that shall show that I make no claim for this book to be "up-to-date." As the first title indicates, Ihoped to show, to as many as might to read my words, something of the extent of the wrongs that the people of Francehad suffered. There is no such need any longer. The tales, so far as they went, I gather together here for the few thatseem to read my books in England.Dunsany.A Dirge Of Victory (Sonnet)Lift not thy trumpet, Victory, to the sky, Nor through battalions nor by batteries blow, But over hollows full of old wire go,Where among dregs of war the long-dead lieWith wasted iron that the guns passed by. When they went eastwards like a tide at flow; There blow thy trumpet that the dead may know,Who waited for thy coming, Victory.It is not we that have deserved thy wreath, They waited there among the towering weeds.The deep mud burned under the thermite's ...