Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
The Child and the SoldierD. H. Lawrence
From “War Films”
O
As you would a fresh, sweet locust-pod.
For I am frail as a flask of glass,
As a fine grey egg, or a slender rod,
O brother; and I am the golden ring
You wear on your finger so gladly. For God
Takes everything from you tomorrow, and gives me everything.