WORK-A-DAY WARRIORS
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I've seen our sappers spring a mine,
That darkened all the sky at noon,
And left a hole within their line
Like some lorn crater of the moon!
That darkened all the sky at noon,
And left a hole within their line
Like some lorn crater of the moon!
I've seen the Germans shell a town,
In this ungracious year o' grace;
A market town, on market day—
And first shell in the market-place!
In this ungracious year o' grace;
A market town, on market day—
And first shell in the market-place!
I've seen an aeroplane brought down,
Just like a bird wi' broken wing,
And watched, for what seemed like a week,
Them doomed men try to right the thing!
Just like a bird wi' broken wing,
And watched, for what seemed like a week,
Them doomed men try to right the thing!
I've heard the guns at Neuve Chapelle—
An earthquake held in leash, say I,
Yet, o'er the hubbub of that hell,
I've heard a lark sing in the sky!
An earthquake held in leash, say I,
Yet, o'er the hubbub of that hell,
I've heard a lark sing in the sky!
I've seen, amidst this waste o' war,
God's goodly seasons come and go;
And flowers bloom in the wilderness,
And rain fall both on friend and foe.
God's goodly seasons come and go;
And flowers bloom in the wilderness,
And rain fall both on friend and foe.
