FOR OUR MEN

LET us keep home safe for them— Fires, laughter and song, The curtains close, the beds all smooth and white, The leisure long. Let us make good things for them— Sweet meats and bright conserves, Nourishing breads and all the dear delights Hunger deserves. Let us lift high God for them, And like tall candles hold The straight white lights that in the trench they knew— Were more than gold. Let us grow up for them, And hold us to impassioned lofty thought— So they shall never come to be ashamed Of that for which they fought. Let us all work hard for them— For such as live and come to us once more; To those that do not come. Ah! for those men— Passionate love and honor, evermore!