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Pray for our Soldiers
Most poets lately stopped to write,
(With several exceptions rare)
Of our soldiers constant fight
In foreign lands’ polluted air.
They bleed and battle on and on
And suffer much, forget this not,
They battle, weary to the bone,
And cry for their bare lives to God!
Forgetfulness is shabby friend,
Ungratefulness is yet much worse,
It’s wholesome though to make amends,
To lift so sickening a curse.
The flesh is weak, it hates to strife,
But warriors are deprived of rest,
They risk at all times weal and life,
Put every moment to the test
To meet a test, does need support
At every instant of the day,
Pray for the strong arms of the Lord
To shield the warriors, please pray.!
Lo! soldiers are obedient,
Obedient to duty’s call,
But terror lurks round every bend,
For the heroic fighters all.
An ugly thing - forgetfulness
That makes poor victims fool and prey
Of more crimes yet to come - distress,-
Forgetfulness be prompt to slay.
And if you must forgive - then do,-
But keep in mind to not forget
This will embolden fiends to sue
Their monstrous course - full iron clad.
Besides, your child will never learn
From memory nor history,
T’ween fiend and comrade to discern,
What pity ! -what calamity!.
Be wakeful then and be alert,
The thug may come at any day,
Pray for alertness to the Lord,
Who counsels you for it to pray.
Elizabeth Dandy
