<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">Song</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">OH, come to me, come to me, bringing</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The gifts that you brought me of old,</p><p class="line">A world that will set me singing.</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And a touch that will make me bold.</p><p class="line">The world is too hard for my sorrow,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">But it will grow soft to your feet,</p><p class="line">But though you must leave me to-morrow,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">To-night let your coming be fleet.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Oh, come to me, come to me, leaving</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The thought that would keep you away,</p><p class="line">For the heart of your lover is grieving</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">In the midst of the beauty of May.</p><p class="line">For the sorrows that hold me and bind me</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">When the blossom is fresh on the bough,</p><p class="line">And the mists of illusion that blind me.</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Oh, come to me, come to me, now.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Oh, come to me, come to me, over</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The miles that would keep us apart,</p><p class="line">Though far from the eyes of your lover,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">At least you may visit his heart.</p><p class="line">In the night-time, when lovers are nearest,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">In dreams like a wandering fay,</p><p class="line">Oh, come to me, come to me, dearest,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Although you must fly with the day.</p></div></body></html> · Great War