<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">Commemorative</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">NOW doth the Year, with gorgeous ritual, don</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">Raiment of priesthood, cope o'erlaid with gold,</p><p class="line">But soon, from autumn's purfled scarf unstoled,</p><p class="line">The grey cowl of November must put on ;</p><p class="line">And shaking the thinned locks that shall anon</p><p class="line">Cumber his ways, he hears around him rolled</p><p class="line">A nation's knell for Youth and Valour tolled,</p><p class="line">Heroic Youth and knightly Valour, gone</p><p class="line">Where, after clangorous day, is evenfall;</p><p class="line">Love's <em>requiescat</em> after battle's throes;</p><p class="line">After the cannonade and bugle call,</p><p class="line">Earth's whispered leave, <em>in pace</em> to repose;</p><p class="line">Lull after hurricane ; and crowning all,</p><p class="line">Glory's white lily after war's red rose.</p></div></body></html> · Great War