Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Laurence Binyon. b. 1869871. O World, be Nobler
O WORLD, be nobler, for her sake! | |
If she but knew thee what thou art, | |
What wrongs are borne, what deeds are done | |
In thee, beneath thy daily sun, | |
Know’st thou not that her tender heart | 5 |
For pain and very shame would break? | |
O World, be nobler, for her sake! |