Monday, September 13, 2010
Field Ambulance In Retreat Comments
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A straight flagged road, laid on the rough earth,
A causeway of stone from beautiful city to city,
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12/6/2025 11:14:23 AM # 1.0.0
What I do not comprehend is how an army can be 'proud in retreat' when it is marching 'forward to battle'? At least that is my impression of her line, 'Unhasting, proud in retreat, They smile as the Red Cross Ambulance rushes by'. One edit, I would suggest to Ms.Sinclair, if I dared, would be, 'quarried stone' rather than 'fine stone'; as a metaphorical echo of an animal and its victim, an army and its quarry. 'After the Retreat' is more nuanced and evocative.