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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IT SHALL NOT BE AGAIN, by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK
First Line: Who goes there, in the night
Last Line: It shall not be again!
Variant Title(s): Apparitions
Subject(s): Ghosts; Supernatural; War
First Line: Who goes there, in the night
Last Line: It shall not be again!
Variant Title(s): Apparitions
Subject(s): Ghosts; Supernatural; War
Who goes there, in the night,
Across the storm-swept plain?
We are the ghosts of a valiant war—
A million murdered men!
Who goes there, at the dawn,
Across the sun-swept plain?
We are the hosts of those who swear:
It shall not be again!
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