<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">All Souls</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line"><span class="smallcaps">The</span> door of Heaven is on the latch</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">To-night, and many a one is fain</p><p class="line">To go home for one night's watch</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">With his Love again.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Oh, where the father and mother sit</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">There's drift of dead leaves at the door</p><p class="line">Like pitter-patter of little feet</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">That come no more.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Their thoughts are in the night and cold,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Their tears are heavier than the clay,</p><p class="line">But who is this at the threshold</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">So young and gay?</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">They are come from the land o' the young,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">They have forgotten how to weep;</p><p class="line">Words of comfort on the tongue,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And a kiss to keep.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">They sit down and they stay a while,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Kisses and comfort none shall lack;</p><p class="line">At morn they steal forth with a smile</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And a long look back.</p></div></body></html> · Great War