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SEPTEMBER, 1939 by VERA MARY BRITTAIN

First Line: THE PURPLE ASTERS LIFT THEIR HEADS
Last Line: THE ACHING GRIEF OF ENGLAND'S WAR.
Subject(s): LONDON; WORLD WAR II; SECOND WORLD WAR;

The purple asters lift their heads
Beneath the azure Autumn skies;
Above the sunflower's golden cup
Hover the scarlet butterflies.

Not in the sandbagged city street
Where London's silver guardians soar,
But through the cottage garden throbs
The aching grief of England's war.



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