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MAY, 1915 by CHARLOTTE MEW

Poet Analysis

First Line: LET US REMEMBER SPRING WILL COME AGAIN
Last Line: AT ONE WITH LOVE, AT ONE WITH GRIEF: BLIND TO THE SCATTERED THINGS AND CHANGING SKIES.
Subject(s): SPRING; WOMEN; WORLD WAR I; FIRST WORLD WAR;

Let us remember Spring will come again
To the scorched, blackened woods, where the wounded trees
Wait for their old wise patience for the heavenly rain,
Sure of the sky: sure of the sea to send its healing breeze,
Sure of the sun. And even as to these
Surely the Spring, when God shall please,
Will come again like a divine surprise
To those who sit today with their great Dead, hands in their hands, eyes in their eyes,
At one with Love, at one with Grief: blind to the scattered things and changing skies.



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