Poet

Isaac Rosenberg

1890-1918

Isaac Rosenberg was an English poet of WWI. His Poems from the Trenches are recognised as some of the most outstanding written during the First World War. Rosenberg was assigned to the 12th Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment, a bantam battalion for men under the height of 5’3″. In June 1961, Rosenberg was sent with his Battalion to serve on the Western Front in France – here he wrote Break of Day in the Trenches, Returning we Hear the Larks and Dead Man’s Dump. At dawn on 1 April 1918 and having just finished night patrol, Rosenberg was killed. There is a dispute as to whether his death was by a sniper or in close combat. Although he was buried in a mass grave, in 1926 his remains were identified and reinterred at Bailleul Road East Cemetery.

Readings

Returning, We Hear The Larks read by Alicia Vikander
Returning, We Hear the Larks read by Charles Dance
Returning, We Hear the Larks read by Hugh Dancy
Returning, We Hear the Larks read by Max Irons
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Returning, We Hear The Larks read by Alicia Vikander
Returning, We Hear the Larks read by Charles Dance
Returning, We Hear the Larks read by Hugh Dancy
Returning, We Hear the Larks read by Max Irons
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