<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">To France</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line"><span class="smallcaps">What</span> is the gift we have given thee, Sister?</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">What is the trust we have laid in thy hand?</p><p class="line">Hearts of our bravest, our best, and our dearest,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Blood of our blood we have sown in thy land.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">What for all time will the harvest be, Sister?</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">What will spring up from the seed that is sown?</p><p class="line">Freedom and peace and goodwill among Nations,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Love that will bind us with love all our own.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Bright is the path that is opening before us,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Upward and onward it mounts through the night:</p><p class="line">Sword shall not sever the bonds that unite us</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Leading the world to the fullness of light.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Sorrow hath made thee more beautiful, Sister,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Nobler and purer than ever before;</p><p class="line">We who are chastened by sorrow and anguish</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Hail thee as sister and queen evermore.</p></div><p class="byline">Frederick George Scott</p></body></html> · Great War