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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A HILL IN PICARDY, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poet's Biography
First Line: There is a little hill in picardy
Last Line: This lonely little hill in picardy!
Subject(s): World War I; First World War
First Line: There is a little hill in picardy
Last Line: This lonely little hill in picardy!
Subject(s): World War I; First World War
There is a little hill in Picardy
That, in the bygone days, was fair to see
With silvery leaves of the slim poplar tree.
Ah! lovely little hill in Picardy!
White were the boles as are a maiden's hands;
And there were willow-withes and hazel-wands,
And ferns, with frail antennæ of their fronds.
Ah! lovely little hill in Picardy!
And there the purple violets made spring
A dream of loveliness; many a tender thing—
Vervain and vetch—added its glamoring,
Ah! lovely little hill in Picardy!
And there was morn and vesper song of birds
Whereto the wind joined with its joyous words;
And there was kindly shade for the sleek herds,
Ah! lovely little hill in Picardy!
But now—but now—what is there left to see
Save desolation? Riven earth and tree
And lines of crosses tell their tale. Ah, me,
This lonely little hill in Picardy!
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