<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=572891" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Soldier's Tree</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">They call this tree the Soldier's Tree<br>It honours one whose life blood was shed<br>A victim of the First World War<br>'Lest we forget our soldier dead'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I read the plaque nailed to the tree<br>It stated his date of birth and name<br>A tree to honour his bravery<br>But to dead soldier what use fame? .</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I see he was just seventeen<br>So young so very young to die<br>Those who sent him to fight in war<br>Must share blame for death of the boy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Fighting more than half a World away<br>And at the end what was his gain? <br>Gunned down by one he'd never known<br>Hope death was quick without much pain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">How can one that you've never known<br>Ever become your enemy? <br>Those who send men to die in wars<br>Of guilt must not be made feel free.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I read the plaque on Soldier's Tree<br>On war memorial avenue<br>A lad who died at seventeen<br>Gunned down by one he never knew.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Francis+Duggan">Francis Duggan</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=572891" data-title="Soldier's Tree de Francis Duggan" data-description="They call this tree the Soldier's Tree It honours one whose life blood was shed A victim of the First World War 'Lest we forget our soldier dead'. I read the plaque nailed to the tree It stated his date of birth and name A tree to honour his brav..."></div> </div> </div>

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