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Mothers and wives and sweethearts,  they don't care So long as He's all right. MOTHERS AND WIVES AND SWEETHEARTS THEY DON'T CARE SO LONG AS HE IS ALL RIGHT
ve us when we're heroes, home on leave, Or wounded in a mentionable place. You worship decorations; you believe That chivalry redeems the war's disgrace. You make us shells. You listen with delight, By tales of dirt and danger fondly thrilled. You crown our distant ardours while we fight, And mourn our laurelled memories when we're killed. You can't believe that British troops "retire" When hell's last horror breaks them, and they run, Trampling the terrible corpses--blind with blood. _O German mother dreaming by the fire_, _While you are knitting socks to send your son_ _His face is trodden deeper in the mud_. THEIR FRAILTY He's got a Blighty wound. He's safe; and then War's fine and bold and bright. She can forget the doomed and prisoned men Who agonize and fight. He's back in France. She loathes the listless strain And peril of his plight. Beseeching Heaven to send him home again, She prays for peace each night. Husbands and sons and lovers; everywhere They die; War bleeds us white.  SECTION THIRTY SEVEN OF THE WAR POEMS OF SIGHFRITS ASSOON BY SIGHRETS ASSOON READ FOR LIBERVOX DOT ORK BY MARK HISSONG THEY'RE FRAILTY HE'S GOT A BLIGHTY WOUND HE'S SAFE AND THEN WAR'S FINE AND BOLD AND BRIGHT SHE CAN FORGET THE DOOMED AND PRISON MEN WHO AGONIZE AND FIGHT HE'S BACK IN FRANCE SHE LOATHES THE LISTLESS STRAIN AND PERIL OF HIS PLIGHT BESEECHING HEAVEN TO SEND HIM HOME AGAIN SHE PRAYS FOR PEACE EACH NIGHT HUSBANDS AND SONS AND LOVERS EVERYWHERE THEY DIE WAR BLEEDS US WHITE
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