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Show H THE LAST STRA W H "War is hell!" That time honored remaik, it H is authoritatively stated, General Sherman never H made. Newspaper clipping. H I hate to see the old beliefs H Historic tales, so dear to me H Shattered on modern research reefs, H Though stoical I try to be. H There's Jonah's whale well, on the whole Hj I stood that matter rather well; H But this blow shakes my very soul H Sherman did not say "War is hell!" H It didn't grieve me much to know H Columbus' egg waB but a fake; H That Nero's fiddle wasn't so, Hj And Alfred never baked a cake; H That Cleopatra had no asp, ( M There was no apple cleft by Tell; H But this my mind declines to grasp H Sherman did not say "War is hell!" m I didn't care when I found out M No bridge wob by Horatius kept; H Lucretia Borgia was devout, Mi And o'er the woes of others wept. K It didn't stir me up to learn ! Duke Clarence ne'er in Malmsey fell; m But this thing gives me such a turn M Sherman did not say "War is hell!" H No Pocahontas loved John Smith; M That may be so for all of me! S I'm willing to admit the myth BB Of our own George's cherry tree. WM But this old world is out of gear! B A bubble burst. A broken spell! H I can't shake off the feeling queer H Sherman did not say "War is hell!" H Town Topics. |