<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head"> The Corpse</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">It lay on the hill,</p><p class="line">A sack on its face,</p><p class="line">Collarless,</p><p class="line">Stiff and still,</p><p class="line">Its two feet bare</p><p class="line">And very white;</p><p class="line">Its tunic tossed in sight</p><p class="line">And not a button there--</p><p class="line">Small trace</p><p class="line">Of clothes upon its back--</p><p class="line">Thank God ! it had a sack</p><p class="line">Upon its face !</p></div></body></html> · Great War