<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">In War-Time</h1><h1 align="center" class="head">(<span class="smallcaps">An</span> A<span class="smallcaps">merican Homeward</span>-<span class="smallcaps">Bound</span>)</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line"><span class="smallcaps">Further</span> and further we leave the scene</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Of war -- and of England's care;</p><p class="line">I try to keep my mind serene --</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">But my heart stays there;</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">For a distant song of pain and wrong</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">My spirit doth deep confuse,</p><p class="line">And I sit all day on the deck, and long --</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And long for news!</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">I seem to see them in battle-line --</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Heroes with hearts of gold,</p><p class="line">But of their victory a sign</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The Fates withhold;</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">And the hours too tardy-footed pass,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The voiceless hush grows dense</p><p class="line">'Mid the imaginings, alas!</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">That feed suspense.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Oh, might I lie on the wind, or fly</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">In the wilful sea-bird's track,</p><p class="line">Would I hurry on, with a homesick cry --</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Or hasten back?</p></div><p class="byline">Florence Earle Coates</p></body></html> · Great War