<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">War</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line"><span class="smallcaps">We</span> passed the days in the sun's eye,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">The clouds that poised on high</p><p class="line">Ringed round about with luxury of light</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">For our delight,</p><p class="line">And her white oil of gladness the moon shed</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">On the untrampled ocean bed;</p><p class="line">No admonition there, nor fear</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">Fell on the drowsy ear</p><p class="line">Louder than thunder rolled along the breeze</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">From surfless seas.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">The sun is dark as sackcloth and the seven</p><p class="line">Seals open: see the fourth part of the earth</p><p class="line">Shaken with a mighty wind, untimely power</p><p class="line">Unto one sitting on a pale horse given</p><p class="line">To tame with blood and bitterness and dearth,</p><p class="line">And waste Peace from the world; and up in Heaven</p><p class="line">Was silence for the space of half an hour.</p></div><p class="byline">M JOURDAIN</p><em>Westminster Gazette, August</em> 6, 1914</body></html> · Great War