More Songs by the Fighting Men
Living wherever men are not afraid
Of aught but making bravery a parade.
Yes, parleying with fear, they'll pause and say,
"At Gommecourt boys suffered worse that day";
Or, hesitating on some anxious brink,
They will become heroic when they think,
"Did they not rise mortality above
Who staked a lifetime all made sweet with love?"
May, 1917.
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