<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=421310" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Wounded</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Stupidity and Selfishness and Fear,<br>Who hold enslaved the intellect of Man,<br>Have found their victims here.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We saw them go, alert to seek the van<br>Where phantom Glory showered her withering leaves;<br>Now they return who can.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Slowly, full-fraught with pain, the vessel heaves<br>From labouring seas, and creeps along the bay<br>To where the city grieves.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Happy are those who limp the dusty way;<br>And those whose eyes can meet the loving glance,<br>Happy indeed are they.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But mock them not with babble of romance:<br>They have glared at death across the orient rocks<br>Or in the mire of France.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">O welcome to your land of herds and flocks<br>And fields that pray toward a fairy sky<br>That promises and mocks.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Welcome! our eyes are strained and sorrow-dry,<br>Watching for peace and you, and every heart<br>Would fain, but cannot, cry.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For you who, led by love, have borne your part<br>Where war's black ploughshare turns the bloody sand<br>And crops of hatred start</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For you and by your help, heroic band,<br>We swear by love and labour to make this<br>A lovelier, worthier land.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Nor shall we let the home-bred serpent hiss<br>Unscotched upon our hearth, if ever here<br>Our hope and fortune kiss.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The workers of the battered world draw near,<br>Scorning a foeman's name. The heart of Man<br>In every land is dear.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Le+Gay+Brereton">John Le Gay Brereton</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=421310" data-title="The Wounded de John Le Gay Brereton" data-description="Stupidity and Selfishness and Fear, Who hold enslaved the intellect of Man, Have found their victims here. We saw them go, alert to seek the van Where phantom Glory showered her withering leaves; Now they return who can. Slowly, full-fraught wit..."></div> </div> </div>

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