<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">The Widow</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line"><span class="smallcaps">When</span> she smiles her love draws nigh,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">When she weeps he doth depart,</p><p class="line">And returns to the Heavens high</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">With an unwounded heart.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">God would suffer him no such wrong</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">As that he should see her tears</p><p class="line">Lest his heart be sad among</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">His young joyous peers.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Therefore shall her tears be dried,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Therefore her poor lips will smile,</p><p class="line">So her darling by her side</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">May sit down awhile.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">So she bends her will to learn</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Patience high and heavenly mirth,</p><p class="line">That her soldier may return</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">To his own hearth.</p></div></body></html> · Great War