Show Just Folks By Edgar A. A Guest NOT FOR REVENGE This thing we do because we must Revenge is out of thought Freedom we hold a sacred trust We fight because we ought We take no joy from shell and shot And women's anguished cries Though fight we must wed we'd rather not Could peace come otherwise We do not like to see men die Or batter batter- buildings down Nor do we relish standing by byAs byAs byAs As helpless sailors drown Though hard must be the fight we make Till peace shall shaU come at last We shall not strike for vengeance vengeance vengeance ven ven- sake Nor fire one needless blast Copyright 1942 Edgar A A. Guest |