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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RETURN OF THE TROOPS, by DOLLIE CAROLINE MAITLAND RADFORD Poet's Biography
First Line: The town is very gay to-day
Last Line: I neither sped nor greet.
Alternate Author Name(s): Radford, Ernest, Mrs.
Subject(s): Homecoming; Soldiers
First Line: The town is very gay to-day
Last Line: I neither sped nor greet.
Alternate Author Name(s): Radford, Ernest, Mrs.
Subject(s): Homecoming; Soldiers
THE town is very gay to-day,
And down our busy street
Flags wave, and all the balconies
Are filled, our men to greet.
One night, not very long ago,
I heard them marching down
To where their ship lay, and the sound
So filled the silent town
With farewell voices that I wept
To know no word or deed
Of mine had stirred the sleeping night,
To bid our men God-speed.
The town is very gay to-day,
And in our busy street,
My eyes are dim with tears for those
I neither sped nor greet.
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