<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">Spring in War-Time</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">I <span class="smallcaps">feel</span> the spring far off, far off,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">The faint, far scent of bud and leaf --</p><p class="line">Oh, how can spring take heart to come</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">To a world in grief,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">Deep grief?</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">The sun turns north, the days grow long,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">Later the evening star grows bright --</p><p class="line">How can the daylight linger on</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">For men to fight,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">Still fight?</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">The grass is waking in the ground,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">Soon it will rise and blow in waves --</p><p class="line">How can it have the heart to sway</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">Over the graves,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">New graves?</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Under the boughs where lovers walked</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">The apple-blooms will shed their breath --</p><p class="line">But what of all the lovers now</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">Parted by Death,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">Grey Death?</p></div><p class="byline">Sara Teasdale</p></body></html> · Great War