Poems (Kennedy)/Somewhere in France

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4590516Poems — Somewhere in FranceSara Beaumont Kennedy
"SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE"
AN English church: and a sad-eyed girl
Kneels down as the days depart:
"He is but one in that battling host,
But, Lord, he's heart of my heart—
       Keep him for me!"

And "somewhere in France" a wooden cross
With the Verdun guns in view,
And the epitaph: "Ici repos
Un soldat Anglais inconnu—
       Priez pour lui."

And the English girl and the wooden cross
Keep watch 'neath the steadfast stars.
Oh, does the Lord God rule the world,
Or the scepter of red Mars
       That such things be?