<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">Two Pictures</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line"><em>Dawn</em>....</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%"><span class="smallcaps">And</span> the dewy plain</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Awakes to life and sound --</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Where on the flying-ground</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">The ghostly hangars blaze with lights again.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">The giant birds of prey</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Creep forth to a new day,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And one by one,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">As morning gilds the dome,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Leave the grey aërodrome --</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">-- The day's begun.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line"><em>Dusk</em>....</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And the vanish'd sun</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Still streaks the evening skies:</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Below, the prone Earth lies</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Darken'd, wherever warring Night has won.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">The 'planes, returning, show</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Deep black in the afterglow,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And one by one</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Drop down from the higher airs,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">-- Down, down the invisible stairs --</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">-- The day is done.</p></div><p class="byline">-- "Observer, Royal Flying Corps."</p></body></html> · Great War