<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="left" class="head">Death</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">BECAUSE I have made light of death</p><p class="line">And mocked at wounds and pain,</p><p class="line">The doom is laid on me to die--</p><p class="line">Like the humble men in days gone by--</p><p class="line">That angered me to hear them cry</p><p class="line">For pity to me in vain.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">I shall not go out suddenly</p><p class="line">As many a man has done.</p><p class="line">But I shall lie as those men lay--</p><p class="line">Longing for death the whole long day--</p><p class="line">Praying, as I heard those men pray,</p><p class="line">And none shall heed me, none.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">The fierce waves will go surging on</p><p class="line">Before they tend to me.</p><p class="line">Oh, God of battles I pray you send</p><p class="line">No word of pity--no help, no friend,</p><p class="line">That if my spirit break at the end</p><p class="line">None may be there to see.</p></div></body></html> · Great War