<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">Belgium</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">O LITTLE ship among the Dreadnoughts vast,</p><p class="line">Where is the Dreadnought that is great as thou?</p><p class="line">The seas break over thee from poop to prow;</p><p class="line">Gone are thy sails and rigging, gone each mast;</p><p class="line">Thy tackle and gear are to the midnight cast;</p><p class="line">But though the tempest ripped and stripped thee, how</p><p class="line">Thy crew and Captain bore them is ev'n now</p><p class="line">As Saga and Song that light the unpassing Past.</p><p class="line">Thou need'st not the world's tears! The coldly wise</p><p class="line">That, safely harboured, clutch the sheltering lee,</p><p class="line">With something of strange envy in their eyes</p><p class="line">Gaze on the splendour of thine agony,</p><p class="line">And hear the fleets of God saluting thee,</p><p class="line">From anchorage old, under no neutral skies.</p></div></body></html> · Great War