<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">The Harvest Moon</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">WITH swords agleam and guns aflame--</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">In troop and squadron and platoon--</p><p class="line">At harvest-home the Reapers came,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">Under the waning harvest moon.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Their sickle neither paused at Dark,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">Nor idled in the fervent noon :</p><p class="line">Their sheaves lay livid, cold, and stark,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">Under the dwindling harvest moon.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Benignly, without stint or dearth,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">Nature had given her annual boon,</p><p class="line">And crowned with gold the feastful Earth,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">Under the golden harvest moon.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Man only--learning, all too well,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">Her deadlier secrets bared too soon--</p><p class="line">Poured, from new phials, old Death and Hell,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">Under the dying harvest moon.</p></div></body></html> · Great War