The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon by Siegfried Sassoon
Everyone Sang
Everyone suddenly burst out singing; And I was filled with such delight As prisoned birds must find in freedom Winging wildly across the white Orchards and dark green fields; on; on; and out of sight.
Everyone's voice was suddenly lifted, And beauty came like the setting sun. My heart was shaken with tears and horror Drifted away … O but every one Was a bird; and the song was wordless; the singing will never be done.
April, 1919.