George Herbert Clarke, ed. (1873–1953). A Treasury of War Poetry. 1917.
Patrick R. Chalmers
Guns of Verdun
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From the plated parapets;
Guns of Metz grin back again
O’er the fields of fair Lorraine.
Growling through a summer day;
Guns of Verdun, grey and long,
Boom an echo of their song.
“Sisters, you shall foot the score;”
Guns of Verdun say to Metz,
“Fear not, for we pay our debts.”
Guns of Verdun answer then,
“Sisters, when to guard Lorraine
Gunners lay you East again!”