<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">To the Unknown Love</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">A DAY ago, quite suddenly,</p><p class="line">Hell opened all its gulf to me,</p><p class="line">I could not tell what I must do,</p><p class="line">And so I tried to think of you.</p><p class="line">And hoped that I might see your eyes</p><p class="line">Just for a moment, and be wise.</p><p class="line">But you were looking far away</p><p class="line">Upon a green and crimson spray.</p><p class="line">The rose-tree flung across your way.</p><p class="line">And with the perfect sight of you</p><p class="line">The blossom took a braver hue,</p><p class="line">And sucked your wisdom like the dew,</p><p class="line">Your beauty like a summer shower.</p><p class="line">Never before was any flower</p><p class="line">So fair and wise as was this rose</p><p class="line">With seeing you.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line" style="text-indent:18%">And yet, who knows,</p><p class="line">If I had seen your dear grave eyes,</p><p class="line">Which made the little flower so wise,</p><p class="line">Just for a moment ere I fell,</p><p class="line">Perhaps I had been wise as well.</p></div></body></html> · Great War