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William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Massachusetts Poets. 1922.

War Pictures

“GERMAN Retreat From Arras”—

“Official Films”—they came

After “Corinne and Her Minstrels”

Had ministered to fame.

After “Corinne and Her Minstrels”

Had pigeon-toed away,

We saw where bits of churches

And bits of horses lay.

We saw bleak desolation;

We saw no unscathed tree.

We shivered in our comfort

And murmured: “Can it be!”

But later, walking homeward,

Repeating: “Is it true?”

We brushed a khaki shoulder

And asked no more. We knew!