Bodies glad, erect, <br />Beautiful with youth, <br />Life's elect, <br />Nature's truth, <br />Marching host on host, <br />Those bright, unblemished ones, <br />Manhood's boast, <br />Feed them to the guns. <br /> <br />Hearts and brains that teem <br />With blessing for the race, <br />Thought and dream, <br />Vision, grace, <br />Oh, love's best and most, <br />Bridegrooms, brothers, sons, <br />Host on host <br />Feed them to the guns.<br /><br />Katharine Lee Bates<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/fodder-for-cannon/
