Rain and Roses

<h2><SPAN name="FAREWELL" id="FAREWELL"></SPAN>Farewell</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="ig"><span class="letra">W</span>HEN you are twining wreaths of rose and columbine<br/></span> <span class="ih">To soften outlines of a tomb too new,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Remember, spring makes little tents all green and cool<br/></span> <span class="i2">For soldier boys this old world never knew.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">When spring comes tripping down the lane once more<br/></span> <span class="i2">And children bring you violets of blue,<br/></span> <span class="i0">When your tender heart is strained, beyond the breaking<br/></span> <span class="i2">Let this be my farewell, dear heart, to you.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">When spring comes romping, singing, back again,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Dressed in her garments fragrant, fresh and new;<br/></span> <span class="i0">When once more robins sing among the budding trees<br/></span> <span class="i2">All honey sweet, with apple blooms and dew.<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_27" id="page_27">{27}</SPAN></span><br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">When you have searched the woods as once you did<br/></span> <span class="i2">For specimens of moss and long, dank fern,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Remember, that I too have loved the flowers<br/></span> <span class="i2">But, look no more, no more for my return.<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_28" id="page_28">{28}</SPAN></span></div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />