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Edmund Blunden (1 November 1896 – 20 January 1974 / London / England)
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Edmund Charles Blunden was an English poet, author and critic. Like his friend Siegfried Sassoon, he wrote of his experiences in World War I in both verse and prose. For most of his career, Blunden was also a reviewer for English publications and an academic in Tokyo and later Hong Kong. He ended his career as Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford.
Early Years and WWI
Edmund Charles Blunden was born in London in 1896, moving with his family to Kent shortly afterwards. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and Queen's College, Oxford. Blunden was commissioned into the Royal Sussex Regiment in 1915 and served in France and Belgium from 1916 to 1919, ... more »
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''On the green they watched their sons
Edmund Blunden (1896-1974), British poet, critic. Forefathers (l. 19-22). . . Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250-1918. Sir Arthur Quiller-Cou...
Playing till too dark to see,
As their fathers watched them once,
As my father once watched me;''
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''Like the bee that now is blown,
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Honey-heavy on my hand,
From his toppling tansy-throne
In the green tempestuous land—''
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''I'm in clover now, nor know
Edmund Blunden (1896-1974), British poet, critic. Forefathers (l. 35-36). . . Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250-1918. Sir Arthur Quiller-Cou...
Who made honey long ago.''
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''I have seen a green country, useful to the race,
Edmund Blunden (1896-1974), British poet, critic. Report on Experience (l. 5-6). . . New Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250-1950. Helen Gardn...
Knocked silly with guns and mines, its villages vanished,''
