"This war is a terrible thing," he said, <br />"With its countless numbers of needless dead; <br />A futile warfare it seems to me, <br />Fought for no principle I can see. <br />Alas, that thousands of hearts should bleed <br />For naught but a tyrant's boundless greed!" <br /> <br />* * * * <br /> <br />Said the wholesale grocer, in righteous mood, <br />As he went to adulterate salable food. <br /> <br />Spake as follows the merchant king: <br />"Isn't this war a disgusting thing? <br />Heartless, cruel, and useless, too; <br />It doesn't seem that it can be true. <br />Think of the misery, want and fear! <br />We ought to be grateful we've no war here. <br /> <br />* * * * <br /> <br />"Six a week"--to a girl--"That's flat! <br />I can get a thousand to work for that."<br /><br />Franklin P. Adams<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/war-and-peace/
