<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">"The Husk of Life"</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">O, THE husk of life your hearts have cast away,</p><p class="line">There is nought between your subtle souls and God;</p><p class="line">And your eyes are bright with the light of a larger day.</p><p class="line">And with wings your shoulders are clad, and your feet are shod.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Mighty Love in your nostrils has breathed, and made</p><p class="line">Your spirits fervid, and faithful, and unafraid,</p><p class="line">Alive with a life that knows nor decay, nor death,</p><p class="line">Fed by eternal tides of immortal breath.</p></div></body></html> · Great War