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That night, your great guns, unawares, Shook all our coffins 1 as we lay, And broke the chancel window-squares, We thought it was the Judgment Day. ... And sat upright. While drearisome ; Arose the howl of wakened hounds: The mouse let fall the altar-crumb, The worms drew back into the mounds. ... The glebe 2 cow drooled.
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Then God calls down, and says “No, it isn't Judgment Day yet, it's just a firing exercise in the English Channel — though obviously how 'English', is still under dispute – the world is the same as it used to be when you all died.”;
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Channel Firing by Thomas Hardy ... The title refers to the firing of naval guns on the English Channel, guns apparently engaging in a military exercise. The poem registers a complex response to this event, using nine stanzas, each a quatrain set in an abab rhyme scheme, ... Home > Channel Firing Summary & Study Guide...
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[1]Written in April 1914, when Anglo-German naval rivalry was growing stronger; the title refers to gunnery practice in the English Channel. World War I began four months later.
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I am surprised more people are not a more concerned about the connection between the Bush administration, Clear Channel Radio and Howard Stern. This could possibly the most frightening example of a government using party-friendly corporations to squash dissenting opinions I have ever seen.
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"Channel Firing" is one of Finzi's best compositions. A recommended recording is "Earth and air and rain" on Hyperion CDA66161/2 (see www.hyperion-records.co.uk). ... From: "Mark Packwood" <markpackwood@> Dear David Angell, I have read your letter to "Minstrels" about Hardy's poem, Channel Firing. You say that you were...
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That night your great guns, unawares, Shook all our coffins as we lay, And broke the chancel window-squares, We thought it was the Judgment-day And sat upright. While drearisome Arose the howl of wakened hounds: The mouse let fall Till God called, ... “That this is not the judgement-hour For some of them’s a blessed thing,
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Books and Literature question: What is Channel Firing written by Thomas Hardy about? Channel Firing is Thomas Hardy's way of saying that war is pointless. They've been around forever, but what has truly ... "Channel Firing" is Thomas Hardy's way of saying that war is pointless. They've been around forever, but what has...
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