To ,; The Trees that Died in the War," by Angela Morgan (inscribed to G.H.G.) in the "Spectator"': So gentle they, yet glorious. Living their lives unseen; Treading the soil, victorious, Brave gods with banners green. They «aked for naught but the pleasure Of serving the sons of men, Lavish with leafy treasure When Spring should come again. ■What answered we to their yearning 1 What gave we for their cheeri Hatred and shells and burning, Death in the Spring of the year. Gone like a vanished city, - Tragic and far as Greece, Godl Shall they give us pity? 1 ileal Shall they bring us pe»c«f
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18722, 19 June 1926, Page 13
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