<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">At Parting</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line"><span class="smallcaps">It</span> was sad weather when you went away,</p><p class="line">Wind, and the rain was raining every day:</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And all night long I heard in lonesome sleep</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The water running under the bows of the ship,</p><p class="line">All the dark night and till the dawning grey.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">At Salonika it is golden weather.</p><p class="line">Go light of heart, O child, light as a feather,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Valiant and full of laughter, free as air.</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">God is at Salonika-here and there</p><p class="line">God and my heart are keeping watch together.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">But O when you come back, though skies should weep,</p><p class="line">The water running under the bows of the ship</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Shall in my dreams make music exquisite</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And all my happy sleep be drenched with it;</p><p class="line">And you coming home, home through the hours of</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">sleep.</p></div></body></html> · Great War