James B. Dollard: The Battle-Line

Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts James B. DollardThe Battle-Line Athwart that land of bloss’ming vineStretches the awful battle-line;A lark hangs singing in the sky,With sullen shrapnel bursting nigh!Along the poplar-bordered roadThe peasant trudges with his load,While horsemen and artilleryRush to red fields that are to be!The plains for tillage furrowed wellAre now […]

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