<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">To a Flower, Blooming on a Battlefield in France</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Bloom forth, sweet flower, thou needst never fear</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The roar of belching steel that rends the air.</p><p class="line">God bids thee speak in language wise and clear</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The tender message of His loving care.</p><p class="line">By nature's silent baths thou comest from on high</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">To greet War's chaos with thy beauty's grace,</p><p class="line">And bring to earth-lost man's awakening eye</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">A gleam of light from the dear Father's face.</p></div><p class="byline">-- Carl Wachter.</p></body></html> · Great War