Behind The Lines
The wind of evening cried along the darkening trees, Along the darkening trees, heavy with ancient pain, Heavy with ancient pain from faded centuries, From faded centuries.... O foolish thought and vain! O foolish thought and vain to think the wind could know, To think the wind could know the griefs of men who died, The griefs of men who died and mouldered long ago: "And mouldered long ago," the wind of evening cried.
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"The wind of evening cried along the darkening trees,..."
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