Evidence: | 'I have just come across these lines by A. E., which I like, because the stars are your only companions on sentry duty in the trenches; and they seem filled with majesty and peace, as does the sunrise too [quotes stanza five of A. E.'s poem "Shadows and Lights"].' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 8 Feb 1915 | ||||||||||
Country: | Belgium | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Ploegsteert | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Douglas Herbert Bell |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 11 May 1890 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Lance Corporal, London Rifle Brigade; bank employee |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | Belgium |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | George William Russell |
Title: | "Shadows and Lights" |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 30208 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Douglas Herbert Bell | |
Editor: | Henry Williamson | |
Title: | A Soldier's Diary of the Great War | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1929 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 95 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Douglas Herbert Bell, Henry Williamson (ed.), A Soldier's Diary of the Great War (London, 1929), p. 95, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=30208, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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