<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">The Chapel</h1><h1 align="" class="head">A Picture</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">HIGH-PERCHED upon a purple parapet,</p><p class="line">A saintly sentinel of marble hewn,</p><p class="line">Clearly defined in sable silhouette</p><p class="line">Against the silver of a gibbous moon,</p><p class="line">Fetched out a handless arm as black as jet,</p><p class="line">Calling upon the stars in prayer or threat.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Within the porch, an angel lying prone</p><p class="line">Pressed her white bosom to a broken cross</p><p class="line">And grizzly Death engraven on a stone;</p><p class="line">Jaundiced and leprous with a lichen floss,</p><p class="line">Leered through a jungle-maze of grass unmown,</p><p class="line">Grinning to see an angel overthrown.</p></div></body></html> · Great War