Soldier poets of the Great War (VIIIth and last): A grim prophecy by Joseph Leftwich
This is pretty impressive to have written not long after the beginning of World War I: And if we win, And crush the Huns In twenty years We must fight their sons.
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This is pretty impressive to have written not long after the beginning of World War I:
This is pretty impressive to have written not long after the beginning of World War I:
And if we win,
And crush the Huns
In twenty years
We must fight their sons.
Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008 for the Wall Street Journal and then the Washington Post. He can be reached at ricksblogcomment@gmail.com. Twitter: @tomricks1
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