The Great War: 100 Years Ago

Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" Zelle MacLeod us executed by firing squad at Vincennes prison in Paris.  Accused of spying, she was given a one-sided trial with little chance to defend herself, but intelligence documents show that she was indeed a spy for Germany.

After you speak
And what you meant
Is plain,
My eyes
Meet yours that mean,
With your cheeks and hair,
Something more wise,
More dark,
And far different.
Even so the lark
Loves dust
And nestles in it
The minute
Before he must
Soar in lone flight
So far,
Like a black star
He seems -
A mote
Of singing dust
Afloat
Above,
The dreams
And sheds no light.
I know your lust
Is love.