<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">Quiet Eyes</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line"><span class="smallcaps">The</span> boys come home, come home from war,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">With quiet eyes for quiet things --</p><p class="line">A child, a lamb, a flower, a star,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">A bird that softly sings.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Young faces war-worn and deep-lined,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The satin smoothness past recall;</p><p class="line">Yet out of sight is out of mind</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">For the worst wrong of all.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">As nightmare dreams that pass with sleep,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The horror and grief intolerable.</p><p class="line">The unremembering young eyes keep</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Their innocence. All is well!</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">The worldling's eyes are dusty dim,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The eyes of sin are weary and cold,</p><p class="line">The fighting boy brings home with him</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The unsullied eyes of old.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">The war has furrowed the young face.</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Oh, there's no all-heal, no wound-wort!</p><p class="line">The soul looks from its hidden place</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Unharmed, unflawed, unhurt.</p></div></body></html> · Great War