20. Hawthorn Tree, The. Sassoon, Siegfried. 1918. Counter-Attack and Other Poems

Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967). Counter-Attack and Other Poems. 1918.

20. The Hawthorn Tree

NOT much to me is yonder lane
Where I go every day;
But when there’s been a shower of rain
And hedge-birds whistle gay,
I know my lad that’s out in France	5
With fearsome things to see
Would give his eyes for just one glance
At our white hawthorn tree. . . . .
Not much to me is yonder lane
Where he so longs to tread:	10
But when there’s been a shower of rain
I think I’ll never weep again
Until I’ve heard he’s dead.