<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">The Promise</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line"><span class="smallcaps">To</span> you and you it shall be given,</p><p class="line">As unto Mary her lost Heaven;</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">Her Son and your son come</p><p class="line">Alive out of the grave and gloom.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Like hers your bliss is pre-ordained</p><p class="line">To see the wounds healed and unstained;</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">Yea, you shall kiss with her</p><p class="line">Where the sharp blade hath left no scar.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">They shall come in warm to your cold</p><p class="line">Dropped arms that found naught to enfold,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">And on your heart be laid</p><p class="line">The young, the beloved, thorn-crowned head.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Sudden some dawning or some eve</p><p class="line">Your dead son shall come in alive,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">As once came Mary's Son;</p><p class="line">The lost, the incredible Heaven be won.</p></div></body></html> · Great War