<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">After-days</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">WHEN the last gun has long withheld</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Its thunder, and its mouth is sealed.</p><p class="line">Strong men shall drive the furrow straight</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">On some remembered battlefield.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Untroubled they shall hear the loud</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And gusty driving of the rains,</p><p class="line">And birds with immemorial voice</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Sing as of old in leafy lanes.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">The stricken, tainted soil shall be</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Again a flowery paradise—</p><p class="line">Pure with the memory of the dead</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And purer for their sacrifice.</p></div></body></html> · Great War