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Russia Re-Born

by F. W. Bourdillon

Bourdillon, Francis William (1852-1921)

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I said: O Nature, wise and olden,
Art thou too sad?
Behold, the gorse that should be golden
Is khaki-clad.

But Nature answered: See what surging
Of life below!
God sendeth sorrow for your purging,
For mine the snow.