Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, RED POPPIES IN THE CORN, by W. CAMPBELL GALBRAITH


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RED POPPIES IN THE CORN, by                    
First Line: I've seen them in the morning light
Last Line: Red poppies in the corn.
Subject(s): Poppies; Soldiers' Writings; World War I; First World War


I'VE seen them in the morning light,
When white mists drifted by:
I've seen them in the dusk o' night
Glow 'gainst the starry sky.
The slender waving blossoms red,
Mid yellow fields forlorn:
A glory on the scene they shed,
Red Poppies in the Corn.

I've seen them, too, those blossoms red,
Show 'gainst the Trench lines' screen,
A crimson stream that waved and spread
Thro' all the brown and green:
I've seen them dyed a deeper hue
Than ever nature gave,
Shell-torn from slopes on which they grew,
To cover many a grave.

Bright blossoms fair by nature set
Along the dusty ways,
You cheered us, in the battle's fret,
Thro' long and weary days:
You gave us hope: if fate be kind,
We'll see that longed-for morn,
When home again we march and find
Red Poppies in the Corn.





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