Ellis Humphrey Evans

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Ellis Humphrey Evans(13 January 1887 – 31 July 1917) was a Welsh language poet of World War I. He was posthumously awarded the Chair at the 1917 National Eisteddfod, having been killed at the Battle of Passchendaele.)

The Best Poem Of Ellis Humphrey Evans

The Black Spot

We have no right to the stars,
Nor the homesick moon,
Nor the clouds edged with gold
In the centre of the long blueness.

We have no right to anything
But the old and withered earth
That is all in chaos
At the centre of God's glory.

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