Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THREE HILLS, by EDWARD CHARLES EVERARD OWEN


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THREE HILLS, by                    
First Line: There is a hill in england
Last Line: To souls in jeopardy.
Subject(s): Crucifixion; Death; Mountains; Soldiers; War; World War I; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Dead, The; Hills; Downs (great Britain); First World War


There is a hill in England,
Green fields and a school I know,
Where the balls fly fast in summer,
And the whispering elm-trees grow,
A little hill, a dear hill,
And the playing fields below.

There is a hill in Flanders,
Heaped with a thousand slain,
Where the shells fly night and noontide
And the ghosts that died in vain,—
A little hill, a hard hill
To the souls that died in pain.

There is a hill in Jewry,
Three crosses pierce the sky,
On the midmost He is dying
To save all those who die,—
A little hill, a kind hill
To souls in jeopardy.





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