Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PROSPECT, by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK


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PROSPECT, by                    
First Line: War will not always be
Last Line: "but that was long ago."
Subject(s): United States - History; War; World War I; First World War


War will not always be.
A time will surely come
When men will pause and say;
"In this, the fair today
Our minds can scarce believe
That our forefathers strove
As very beasts, in blood—
Contemned the way of love!
The world took up the sword
And bathed the land in gore;
At one fell, fateful word
Our nation grimly swore
To give its gold, its life,
In never ceasing strife
To slay its haughty foe!—
But that was long ago."

And other men will say:
"Yes, 'twas a bloody tale—
More ghasty none can know—
But that was long ago."





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