Reloader
29-05-07, 21:17
Just found this poem which I really liked, so I thought I'd share it:
It must be so - it's wrong to doubt
The voluntary system's best.
Your conscript, when you've dug him out,
Has not the Happy Warrior's zest.
Because it seemed the thing to do
I joined with other volunteers.
But - well I don't mind telling you
I didn't reckon for three years.
Though we observe the Higher Law
And though we have our quarrel just,
Were I permitted to withdraw
You wouldn't see my arse for dust.
Anon, 1917
Love it!!(Y)
It must be so - it's wrong to doubt
The voluntary system's best.
Your conscript, when you've dug him out,
Has not the Happy Warrior's zest.
Because it seemed the thing to do
I joined with other volunteers.
But - well I don't mind telling you
I didn't reckon for three years.
Though we observe the Higher Law
And though we have our quarrel just,
Were I permitted to withdraw
You wouldn't see my arse for dust.
Anon, 1917
Love it!!(Y)