<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">The Dead</h1><h1 align="center" class="head"><span class="smallcaps">To One Killed in Action</span></h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line"><span class="smallcaps">Dear</span> love, they say thou art at rest.</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">I heed them not, though thou art long,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Dreaming that thou, with heart still strong</p><p class="line">For fighting, followest some far quest.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">They say, dear heart, I must forget.</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Nay, though the agony be deep,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">That memory can never sleep.</p><p class="line">Thy passioned kisses linger yet.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">They say, dear love, the daisies blithe</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Shall o'er thy head in summer spring.</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Daisies!... I see thy body swing</p><p class="line">Lithe and strong-limbed, above the scythe.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Dear love, they say that in the light</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Of Heaven's joy our souls shall meet.</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Dear God! I want thee now, the sweet</p><p class="line">Sight of thee -- not in Heaven -- to-night!</p></div><p class="byline">-- Violet Gillespie.</p></body></html> · Great War