<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">The Trust </h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line"><span class="smallcaps">To</span> you, O Sœur Therèse of Lisieux,</p><p class="line">Fresh as a morning rose in morning dew,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">We give our men in keeping:</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Watch them waking, watch them sleeping.</p><p class="line">Lest our hearts should break, O keep trust and be true!</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">The old saints are beset with many prayers;</p><p class="line">The knees of centuries have worn their stairs.</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">But you, O little nun,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Heaven's youngest, littlest one,</p><p class="line">You are strong to lift our burdens and our cares.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Your childish hands have roses pink and pale</p><p class="line">That climb the trellises of Heaven and trail.</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Shake your roses down before them,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Your dear heart be sorry for them,</p><p class="line">Keep them safe within the shadow of your veil.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">You lift hands for France -- O lift them heaven-high,</p><p class="line">For those who fight with France, who bleed and die.</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Pluck the robe of Heaven, O Dear,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">So the Heart of Heaven may hear,</p><p class="line">That never yet was hardened to your cry!</p></div></body></html> · Great War