Arms and the Boy
Let the boy try along this bayonet-blade How cold steel is, and keen with hunger of blood; Blue with all malice, like a madman's flash; And thinly drawn with famishing for flesh. Lend him to stroke these blind, blunt bullet-heads Which long to muzzle in the hearts of lads. Or give him cartridges of fine zinc teeth, Sharp with the sharpness of grief and death. For his teeth seem for laughing round an apple. There lurk no claws behind his fingers supple; And God will grow no talons at his heels, Nor antlers through the thickness of his curls.
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"Let the boy try along this bayonet-blade..."
Exploring the themes of classic, Wilfred Edward Salter Owen delivers a powerful performance in "Arms and the Boy"... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...