<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">At St. Paul's</h1><h1 align="center" class="head"><span class="smallcaps">April</span> 20, 1917</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line"><span class="smallcaps">Not</span> since Wren's Dome has whispered with man's prayer</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Have angels leaned to wonder out of Heaven</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">At such uprush of intercession given,</p><p class="line">Here where to-day one soul two nations share,</p><p class="line">And with accord send up thro' trembling air</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Their vows to strive as Honour ne'er has striven</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Till back to hell the Lords of hell are driven,</p><p class="line">And Life and Peace again shall flourish fair.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">This is the day of conscience high-enthroned,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The day when East is West and West is East</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">To strike for human Love and Freedom's word</p><p class="line">Against foul wrong that cannot be atoned;</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">To-clay is hope of brotherhood's bond increased,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">And Christ, not Odin, is acclaimed the Lord.</p></div><p class="byline">Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley</p></body></html> · Great War