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George F. Proctor, "Reward" (1916)

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I heard the war god’s bugle blast,
And strong men answered all too fast,
Eternal allegiance to the banners they swore,
Pledging themselves in peace or war.
Souls and bodies.
Can men do more?
Gladly they turned from plow to sword.
All of them hoped for but one reward.
They prayed that, when the army of love
Passed in review;
The girls who sighed and the girls who cried
Would still be in its ranks
Steadfast, tender and true.

Published in The Half-Century Magazine, October 1916

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