Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GIRL'S SONG, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poet's Biography First Line: The meuse and marne have little waves Last Line: I heap the stones to make his cairn %where many sleep as sound as he Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): Women; World War I | ||||||||
The Meuse and Marne have little waves; The slender poplars o'er them lean. One day they will forget the graves That give the grass its living green. Some brown French girl the rose will wear That springs above his comely head; Will twine it in her russet hair, Nor wonder why it is so red. His blood is in the rose's veins, His hair is in the yellow corn. My grief is in the weeping rains And in the keening wind forlorn. Flow softly, softly, Marne and Meuse; Tread lightly all ye browsing sheep; Fall tenderly, O silver dews, For here my dear Love lies asleep. The earth is on his sealèd eyes, The beauty marred that was my pride; Would I were lying where he lies, And sleeping sweetly by his side! The Spring will come by Meuse and Marne, The birds be blithesome in the tree. I heap the stones to make his cairn Where many sleep as sound as he. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...D'ANNUNZIO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY 1915: THE TRENCHES by CONRAD AIKEN TO OUR PRESIDENT by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES CHILDREN OF THE WAR by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE U-BOAT CREWS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE RED CROSS NURSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES WAR PROFITS by KATHARINE LEE BATES |
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