<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">New Heaven</h1><h1 align="center" class="head"><em>To Sir William Haldane</em></h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line"><span class="smallcaps">Paradise</span> now has many a Knight,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Many a lordkin, many lords.</p><p class="line">Glimmer of armour, dinted and bright,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The young Knights have put on new swords.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Some have barely the down on the lip,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Smiling yet from the new-won spurs,</p><p class="line">Their wounds are rubies, glowing and deep,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Their scars amethyst -- glorious scars.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Michael's army hath many new men,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Gravest Knights that may sit in stall,</p><p class="line">Kings and Captains, a shining train,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">But the little young Knights are dearest of all.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Paradise now is the soldiers' land,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Their own country its shining sod,</p><p class="line">Comrades all in a merry band;</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And the young Knights' laughter pleaseth God.</p></div></body></html> · Great War