Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BATTLE, by WINIFRED LUCAS


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BATTLE, by                    
First Line: Levies of cain, to shadow run
Last Line: Or reach the slayer to condemn?
Alternate Author Name(s): Le Bailly, Mrs.
Subject(s): War


LEVIES of Cain, to shadow run,
Dead at his bidding, of them now
Lives there a thought of life foregone,—
The slender why, the piteous how?

And if, to earth that's bought with blood,
Such backward thought might win from them,
Would it be found of tolerant mood?—
Or reach the slayer to condemn?





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