<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">Belgium</h1><p class="epigraph"></p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">La Belgique ne regrette rien</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line"><span class="smallcaps">Not</span> with her ruined silver spires,</p><p class="line">Not with her cities shamed and rent,</p><p class="line">Perish the imperishable fires</p><p class="line">That shape the homestead from the tent.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Wherever men are staunch and free,</p><p class="line">There shall she keep her fearless state,</p><p class="line">And homeless, to great nations be</p><p class="line">The home of all that makes them great.</p></div><p class="byline">Edith Wharton</p></body></html> · Great War