Binyon
noun
(robert) laurence. 1869–1943, british poet and art historian, best known for his elegiac war poems “for the fallen” (1914) and “the burning of the leaves” (1944)
historical examples
the life of johannes brahms (vol 2 of 2) florence may
the london mercury, vol. i, nos. 1-6, november 1919 to april 1920 various
modern british poetry various
pot-boilers clive bell
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