In Remembrance of Edward Thomas (1878—1917, aged 39)
and a rejoinder to his great poem ‘ Lights Out')
The forest followed your footsteps
the night shared its secrets with you--the stream
murmured in consonance with your mellifluous verse
the moon and stars they found comfort in your dream-
the English countryside with the season's sweetest flowers
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In Remembrance of Edward Thomas (1878—1917, aged 39)
and a rejoinder to his great poem ‘ Lights Out')
The forest followed your footsteps
the night shared its secrets with you--the stream
murmured in consonance with your mellifluous verse
the moon and stars they found comfort in your dream-
the English countryside with the season's sweetest flowers
......