HAPPY the man whose home is still In Nature's green and peaceful ways; To wake and hear the birds so loud, That scream for joy to see the sun Is shouldering past a sullen cloud. And we have known those days, when we Would wait to hear the cuckoo first; When you and I, with thoughtful mind, Would help a bird to hide her nest, For fear of other hands less kind. But thou, my friend, art lying dead: War, with its hell-born childishness, Has claimed thy life, with many more: The man that loved this England well, And never left it once before. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SURFACES AND MASKS; 7 by CLARENCE MAJOR SONG FOR THE LONDON VOLUNTEERS by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD GLOW OF DAWN by ELIDA PATTISON BENTLEY A SOUL'S LOSS by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON WAR NOTES: 1. 'EXTRAS' by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON HOW THE DAUGHTERS CAME DOWN AT DUNOON by HENRY CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL |