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Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern British Poetry. 1920.

Shane Leslie1885–1971

The Pater of the Cannon

FATHER of the thunder,

Flinger of the flame,

Searing stars asunder,

Hallowed be Thy Name!

By the sweet-sung quiring

Sister bullets hum,

By our fiercest firing,

May Thy Kingdom come!

By Thy strong apostle

Of the Maxim gun,

By his pentecostal

Flame, Thy Will be done!

Give us, Lord, good feeding

To Thy battles sped—

Flesh, white grained and bleeding,

Give for daily bread!