Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ARMED FOR WAR, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES



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First Line: Is life on earth a viler thing
Last Line: To rub a sleepy eye?
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Life Change Events


Is life on Earth a viler thing
Than ever was known before?
Who shall we ask — the wise old man
Whose years have reached five score?
When we have questioned Church and State,
Is there anyone else to ask?
Is it the Baby, three weeks old,
That wears a gas-proof mask?

Is it the Infant armed to meet
A poisoned earth and sky —
A thing too weak to lift its hand
To rub a sleepy eye?





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