<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">The Newly-Born</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line"><span class="smallcaps">The</span> little soul looked out</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Into a world of pain,</p><p class="line">And sore oppressed with fear and doubt,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Shut eyes again.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Heard not the mother's cries</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Nor saw her arms stretched wide,</p><p class="line">Slipped back again to Paradise</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">On the next tide.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">So small, so soft, so fair,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And like a carrier-dove,</p><p class="line">The little soul, Love's messenger,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Fled back to Love.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">O, in this storm and din</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">What place for her abode?</p><p class="line">The little white soul but looked in—</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Flew back to God.</p></div></body></html> · Great War