And then?—Then when the roses
Were ripe, they went to seed.
And then?—Was seen a white scar
Where once a wound did bleed.
And then?—After a little,
Hope found she might not stay.
And then?—Then as the year waned
The swallows went away.
And then?—They laid the hero
Among forgotten men
Low in the lone God's acre,
Beneath a stone.—And then?