<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">The Image</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line"><span class="smallcaps">When</span> a wild grace I see,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">A turn o' the neck, a curl, sweet hands, clear eyes,</p><p class="line">Gentleness, courtesy, dignity;</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">In all these gifts Thee I surmise, surprise.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">All beauty and delight.</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Skin like a rose, a beauteous shape, an air</p><p class="line">Free and enchanting, give my weary sight</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Glimpses of Thee, Thou Beauty past compare.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Strength, courage also are Thine.</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And joy of youth and wings that cleave the blue,</p><p class="line">Low singing and soft voices, I divine</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">In these Thy beauty ancient yet ever new.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Oh, when my startled eye</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Perceives this beauty league-long, sea and isle</p><p class="line">And eagle-crested mountains wild and high,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">I catch Thy Maker's thought -- I see Thy smile.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Some mirror out of range</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Flashes reflex of Heaven on this sweet earth,</p><p class="line">Brooding for ever, beautiful, without change,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The blue-bell sea, the thousand streams' soft mirth.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">All beauty is of Thee.</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Kindness and quietness, moon and stars and sun,</p><p class="line">Gardens and woods, the bird in the new-fledged tree</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And sleep, O Kindest One!</p></div></body></html> · Great War