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LOOKING FORWARD
“After the war,” I hear men say,
“Never a war will be.
A League of Nations will bear sway
O'er earth and sky and sea.”
“Never a war will be.
A League of Nations will bear sway
O'er earth and sky and sea.”
Ah, but if e'er should dawn a day
By Fate's malign decree,
When England lies the sport and prey
Of crazed Democracy!
By Fate's malign decree,
When England lies the sport and prey
Of crazed Democracy!
Better unending battle-fray,
So English hearts be free,
Than mutely wear to dull decay
In ignobility.
So English hearts be free,
Than mutely wear to dull decay
In ignobility.
September, 1918.
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