<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">Spring in War Time</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">The earth is bright with splendour --</p><p class="line">The winter winds are fled,</p><p class="line">The winter snow is racing</p><p class="line">Swift down the river bed;</p><p class="line">The willow-buds are breaking,</p><p class="line">The blue-bird whistles clear,</p><p class="line">New green is on the hillside,</p><p class="line">And Beauty trembles near.</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">. . . O Spring, why all this glory --</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:6%"><em>In shining pageant spread</em></p><p class="line" style="text-indent:6%"><em>When I hear the wounded moaning</em></p><p class="line" style="text-indent:6%"><em>And the fields are dyed with red. ...</em></p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">The crocus-flowers are springing</p><p class="line">And golden in the sun.</p><p class="line">the trees are hung with blossoms,</p><p class="line">And swift the streamlets run,</p><p class="line">The love-note of the cuckoo</p><p class="line">Floats on the quiet air,</p><p class="line">The sky is like an opal</p><p class="line">So luminous and fair.</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">. . . O Spring, why all this glory --</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:6%"><em>In shining pageant spread</em></p><p class="line" style="text-indent:6%"><em>When I hear the wounded moaning</em></p><p class="line" style="text-indent:6%"><em>And the fields are dyed with red. ...</em></p></div><p class="byline">-- Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff.<br xmlns:exist="http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/> By Permission. </p></body></html> · Great War