<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">The Comrades</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line"><span class="smallcaps">The</span> angels walk with men in the red ruin and rain,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">White and gold, as of old, without spot or stain.</p><p class="line">Our warriors fought and died, the white lords by their side.</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:12%">The angels walk with men.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">God doth not forget in the battle, the retreat;</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The heart of Love's above the dying and the slain.</p><p class="line">There's a ladder to the skies and, armed from Paradise,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:12%">The angels walk with men.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Foot-soldiers, cavaliers, the flame on their spears,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">They sweep fast in haste o'er the bloody plain.</p><p class="line">What ill shall betide us with the winged knights beside us?</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:12%">The angels walk with men.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Golden-mailed, lance in arm, they ride on the storm --</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Michael and a poor soldier are comrades twain!</p><p class="line">Oh, in the noise of battle, the red roar and the rattle,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:12%">The angels walk with men!</p></div></body></html> · Great War