“Men that are men again: Who goes home?”

—  G. K. Chesterton

Who Goes Home? (1914)
Context: Men that are men again: Who goes home?
Tocsin and trumpeter! Who goes home?
For there's blood on the grass and blood on the foam,
And blood on the body, when Man comes home.
And a voice valedictory: Who is for victory?
Who is for liberty?
Who goes home?

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English mystery novelist and Christian apologist 1874–1936

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