Song by Edward J. O'Brien. Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. 1922. The Second Book of Modern Verse

Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922.

Song

Edward J. O’Brien


SHE goes all so softly
Like a shadow on the hill,
A faint wind at twilight
That stirs, and is still.

She weaves her thoughts whitely,	5
Like doves in the air,
Though a gray mound in Flanders
Clouds all that was fair.