<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=447176" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Attack at Dawn</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">‘At every cost,’ they said, ‘it must be done.’<br>They told us in the early afternoon.<br>We sit and wait the coming of the sun<br>We sit in groups, — grey groups that watch the moon.<br>We stretch our legs and murmur half in sleep<br>And touch the tips of bayonets and yarn.<br>Our hands are cold. They strangely grope and creep,<br>Tugging at ends of straps. We wait the dawn!<br>Some men come stumbling past in single file.<br>And scrape the trench’s side and scatter sand.<br>They trip and curse and go. Perhaps we smile.<br>We wait the dawn! … The dawn is close at hand!<br>A gentle rustling runs along the line.<br>‘At every cost,’ they said, ‘it must be done.’<br>A hundred eyes are staring for the sign.<br>It’s coming! Look! … Our God’s own laughing sun!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Leon+Gellert">Leon Gellert</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=447176" data-title="The Attack at Dawn de Leon Gellert" data-description="‘At every cost,’ they said, ‘it must be done.’ They told us in the early afternoon. We sit and wait the coming of the sun We sit in groups, — grey groups that watch the moon. We stretch our legs and murmur half in sleep And touch the tip..."></div> </div> </div>

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