Glory and War—I
Shan't you see the smoke
In the battlefield;
The bone that broke
Of the youth who stood steeled?
Shan't you see how against the shock-wave,
Of the very winter of life
Pallid he stood upon his coming grave
An enfeebled-child left in this great strife?
Shan't you be the witnesses,
Of how the fields of dandelions,
Turned to crimson grounds laid with carcasses;
Of how even the dead upon your deed grimaces?
Have you marchers of infamy
That gratify on victory and bloodied bodies,
With prideful flags of blasphemy
Seen how the quivering hand...
In the battlefield;
The bone that broke
Of the youth who stood steeled?
Shan't you see how against the shock-wave,
Of the very winter of life
Pallid he stood upon his coming grave
An enfeebled-child left in this great strife?
Shan't you be the witnesses,
Of how the fields of dandelions,
Turned to crimson grounds laid with carcasses;
Of how even the dead upon your deed grimaces?
Have you marchers of infamy
That gratify on victory and bloodied bodies,
With prideful flags of blasphemy
Seen how the quivering hand...