160. Death and the Fairies. Patrick Macgill. Modern British Poetry

Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern British Poetry. 1920.

Patrick Macgill. 1890–

160. Death and the Fairies

BEFORE I joined the Army
I lived in Donegal,
Where every night the Fairies
Would hold their carnival.

But now I'm out in Flanders,	5
Where men like wheat-ears fall,
And it's Death and not the Fairies
Who is holding carnival.