<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">Bound</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">I BIND thee to me, without sign or sound,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Beloved one;</p><p class="line">I bind thee to me as the Earth is bound</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Unto the sun.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Now, with thy budding hopes and April dreams</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Around me roll,</p><p class="line">And evermore my gentle fostering beams</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Will sun thy soul.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Yea, evermore my silent wordless light</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Shining above,</p><p class="line">Will ripen in thy heart the red and white</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Blossoms of love.</p></div></body></html> · Great War