Green soldier lifts a shining shield,
Golden gleam in clouded field;
Sun in green grass.
Gold shield becomes a mist of light
That glows alive; a gleaming white
Cloud in green grass.
Wind tears and bears away white cloud.
Green soldier shrinks in leafy shroud,
Gone from green grass.
In distant days and distant fields
Will gleam and glow a thousand shields;
Suns in green grass.