Versos English George Edward Woodberry Edith Cavell

English poem

Edith Cavell

by (1855–1930)

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THE world hath its own dead; great motions start In human breasts, and make for them a place In that hushed sanctuary of the race Where every day men come, kneel, and depart. Of them, O English nurse, henceforth thou art, A name to pray on, and to all a face Of household consecration; such His grace Whose universal dwelling is the heart.