Man, it seemed, had been created to jab the life out of Germans.

Man,it seemed,had been created to jab the life out of Germans.

Why do you lie with your legs ungainly huddled,
And one arm bent across your sullen cold
Exhausted face? It hurts my heart to watch you,
Deep-shadow'd from the candle's guttering gold;
And you wonder why I shake you by the shoulder;
Drowsy, you mumble and sigh and turn your head....
You are too young to fall asleep for ever;
And when you sleep you remind me of the dead.

I believe that the purpose for which I and my fellow soldiers entered upon this war should have been so clearly stated as to have made it impossible to change them, and that, had this been done, the objects which actuated us would now be attainable by negotiation.

Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land, drawing no dividend from time's tomorrows.

Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land, drawing no dividend from time's tomorrows.