<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=342963" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Militiaman</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'O warrior with the burnished arms<br>With bullion cord and tassel<br>Pray tell me of the lurid charms<br>Of service and the fierce alarms:<br>The storming of the castle,<br>The charge across the smoking field,<br>The rifles' busy rattle<br>What thoughts inspire the men who wield<br>The blade-their gallant souls how steeled<br>And fortified in battle.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Nay, man of peace, seek not to know<br>War's baleful fascination-<br>The soldier's hunger for the foe,<br>His dread of safety, joy to go<br>To court annihilation.<br>Though calling bugles blow not now,<br>Nor drums begin to beat yet,<br>One fear unmans me, I'll allow,<br>And poisons all my pleasure: How<br>If I should get my feet wet!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ambrose+Bierce">Ambrose Bierce</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=342963" data-title="The Militiaman de Ambrose Bierce" data-description="'O warrior with the burnished arms With bullion cord and tassel Pray tell me of the lurid charms Of service and the fierce alarms: The storming of the castle, The charge across the smoking field, The rifles' busy rattle What thoughts inspire the m..."></div> </div> </div>

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