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pho fought a war to end war, And in the end we won. We wiped our ‘bloodied bayonets, And we said "Thank God that’s done"; And we built some lovely monuments In every kind of stone. HEN, with the war well over, And the world again at rest, We sang the Nunc Dimittis, And Whatever is is Best; Put roses on our Cenotaph, And medals on our chest. WE. fought that war to end war Some thirty years ago, And then we fought another warJust why we did not knowBut we lost our grand illusions In that late lamented show. OW the shooting war is finished, And we go our peaceful ways; But we sirg no Halleluiahs, And we chant no hymns of praise, For our lives are in confusion, And our minds are in a daze. ND we see, as in a vision: Beneath a leeden sky, On a field of desolation That even God passed by, Stark, and in death united, Victor and vanquished lie. Aw we long with dreadful longing For the peace we thought had come, But in the breathless waiting Our hearts grow cold and numb, For, mienacing the silence, Sounds a faintly beating drum.....
Winifred M.
Ponder
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 471, 2 July 1948, Page 11
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205NINETEEN FORTY-EIGHT New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 471, 2 July 1948, Page 11
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