Epitaph In Old Mode

    The leaves fall gently on the grass,
    And all the willow trees, and poplar trees, and elder trees
    That bend above her where she sleeps,
    O all the willow trees, the willow trees
    Breathe sighs upon her tomb.

    O pause and pity, as you pass,
    She loved so tenderly, so quietly, so hopelessly;
    And sometimes comes one here and weeps:
    She loved so tenderly, so tenderly,
    And never told them whom.

John Collings Squire, Sir

John Collings Squire, Sir

John Collings Squire, also known as Sir John Squire, was an influential British poet, writer, historian, and influential literary editor of the early 20th century. He is best known for his role as editor of the London Mercury, a powerful literary journal of the time. Squire was a leading figure in the Georgian poetry movement, which sought to return English poetry to its traditional form and diction.

John Collings Squire, Sir

English

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