American copyright edition. A poem lamenting the losses of the First World War and calling for justice against the military and political leaders whose decisions and actions sent so many to their death.

They shall not return to us, the resolute, the young,
The eager and whole-hearted whom we gave.
But the men who left them thriftily to die in their dung
Shall they come with years and honour to the grave?

Richards A298

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