Do Not Weep, Maiden, For War is Kind, No. 1, st. 1
War Is Kind and Other Lines (1899)
“Do not weep, babe, for war is kind.
Because your father tumbled in the yellow trenches,
Raged at his breast, gulped and died,
Do not weep.
War is kind.”
Do Not Weep, Maiden, For War is Kind, st. 3
War Is Kind and Other Lines (1899)
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American novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist 1871–1900Related quotes

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