At a Calvary near the Ancre

"At a Calvary near the Ancre" is a poem by Wilfred Owen.

The title references the Ancre, a tributary of the Somme.

The poem is composed of three quatrains with rhyme scheme ABAB.

In this war He too lost a limb, But His disciples hide apart; And now the Soldiers bear with Him.

Near Golgotha strolls many a priest, And in their faces there is pride That they were flesh-marked by the Beast By whom the gentle Christ's denied.