Anthem for Doomed Youth the first line of the poem: "What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?" The third album by British band The Libertines is named "Anthems For Doomed Youth", and features a song of the same name. American composer Stephen Whitehead included an orchestral setting of "Anthem for Doomed Youth" as a movement in his orchestral piece "Three Laments on the Great War" for soloists and orchestra. The piece is scored as a duet for mezzo-soprano and bass/baritone with orchestra. Anthem for Doomed Youth "Anthem for Doomed Youth" is a well-known poem written in 1917 by Wilfred Owen. It incorporates the
The Nymphs (poem) works. The poem begins with a discussion on health and philosophy: <poem style="margin-left: 2em;"> the motes of Bigotry's sick eye, Or the blind feel of "false" Philosophy </poem> The poem describes the nymphs that were part of the landscape: <poem style="margin-left: 2em;"> Those are the Naiads, who keep neat The banks from sedge, and from the dull-dropp'd feet Of cattle that break down the fibrous mould. They snap the selfish nets, that, overbold Cross the whole river, and might trip the keels Of summer boats. </poem> The poem ends with a command that the reader should spread the message of