<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">Loss</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">THE world went blind to-day</p><p class="line">Groping with shattered faith.</p><p class="line">And in the lonely awful night</p><p class="line">Madness stalked, taunting me.</p><p class="line">The gibbering ghoulish wraith</p><p class="line">Of dreams unrealised</p><p class="line">Sprang up and mocked my way;</p><p class="line">Just that in one wild spot beyond the sea,</p><p class="line">A dear heart that I prized</p><p class="line">Passed to the Silent Light.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">They say his soul lives on—</p><p class="line">That I shall find</p><p class="line">Him safe in God's eternity.</p><p class="line">To-night, to-night, this aching in my breast,</p><p class="line">This wildness in my mind</p><p class="line">Cries to the farthest cruel star:—</p><p class="line">"O Thou to Whom his soul has gone,</p><p class="line">Spare me his lips love-prest!</p><p class="line">In this pained night eternity is far—</p><p class="line">God! give his dear warm body back to me."</p></div></body></html> · Great War