"Taking Up Arms"
( © 2001 ) `
War is come upon us,
imposing our timid nation
to rise up and take arms.
I will march off along
with the rest of your sons
to that sea of blood,
Supplied by the rivers
of our throbbing wounds;
while honour and patriotism
collide in barbaric swill -
Tearing open our bodies
in those fields of hate
in that cold strange land.
This war is not our own;
We did not ask for this.
But as sons of our Fatherland,
we march off to war -
to fill that crimson sea.
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Author:
crypticbard (Pseudonym) (
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Comments1
Again, I cannot help but have visions of the film Lord of the rings. This certainly applies to much more than that. It seems an exhortation and call to arms that might well apply to any era. Nicely written.Cryptic
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