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Russia Re-Born
by F. W. Bourdillon
Bourdillon, Francis William (1852-1921)
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Russia Re-born.
Verdun.
L'Eternelle France.
Edith Cavell.
The Nameless Laurel.
The Pledge.
April, 1917.
A Parable.
The Awakening.
To America.
Renewal.
‘Hide, hide your tears!’
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Renewal.
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.
Russia Re-Born