Stephen Crane (1871–1900) American novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist
Do Not Weep, Maiden, For War is Kind, st. 2
War Is Kind and Other Lines (1899)
“Swift blazing flag of the regiment,
Eagle with crest of red and gold,
These men were born to drill and die.
Point for them the virtue of slaughter,
Make plain to them the excellence of killing
And a field where a thousand corpses lie.”
Do Not Weep, Maiden, For War is Kind, p. 4
War Is Kind and Other Lines (1899)
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