<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">Suddenly One Day</h1><p class="byline">Author Unknown<br xmlns:exist="http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/><span class="smallcaps">From The Westminster Gazette</span></p><p class="inline-note" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Found in the pocket of Capt. T. P. C. Wilson, a British officer,killed in action.</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line">SUDDENLY one day</p><p class="line">The last ill shall fall away. </p><p class="line">The last little beastliness that is in our blood </p><p class="line">Shall drop from us as the sheath drops from the bud, </p><p class="line">And the great spirit of man shall struggle through </p><p class="line">And spread huge branches underneath the blue. </p><p class="line">In any mirror, be it bright or dim, </p><p class="line">Man will see God, staring back at him. </p></div></body></html> · Great War