"Over the Hills and Hollows Green"

Geoffrey Bache Smith (1894โ€“1916)

A Spring Harvest

Over the hills and hollows greenThe springtide air goes valiantly,Where many sainted singing larksAnd blessed primaveras be:

But bitterly the springtide airOver the desert towns doth blow,About whose torn and shattered streetsNo more shall children's footsteps go.