Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CHRISTIANITY AND WAR, by ERNEST HOWARD CROSBY


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CHRISTIANITY AND WAR, by                    
First Line: Talk, if you will, of hero deed
Last Line: Of war-like followers of jesus.
Subject(s): Christianity; Evil; Good; Hypocrisy; Jesus Christ; Religion; War; Theology


Talk, if you will, of hero deed,
Of clash of arms and battle wonders;
But prate not of your Christian creed
Preached by the cannon's murderous thunders.

And if your courage needs a test,
Copy the pagan's fierce behavior;
Revel in bloodshed east and west,
But speak not with it of the Saviour.

The Turk may wage a righteous war
In honor of his martial Allah:
But Thor and Odin live no more—
Dead are the Gods in our Valhalla.

Be what you will, entire and free,
Christian or Warrior—each can please us;
But not the rank hypocrisy
Of war-like followers of Jesus.





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