<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">In Bitterness</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">TAKE Thou this box,</p><p class="line">O Heart's Desire,</p><p class="line">In it lies Thy ring</p><p class="line">And more, my heart, bleeding;</p><p class="line">Take out Thy ring,</p><p class="line">O Heart's Desire,</p><p class="line">And, laughing, toss the box</p><p class="line">Into the fire!</p></div><p>France, July, 1917.</p></body></html> · Great War