WAR PICTURES“German Retreat From Arras”“Official Films”-they cameAfter “Corinne and Her Minstrels”Had ministered to fame.After “Corinne and Her Minstrels”Had pigeon-toed away,We saw where bits of churchesAnd bits of horses lay.We saw bleak desolation;We saw no unscathed tree.We shivered in our comfortAnd murmured: “Can it be!”But later, walking homeward,Repeating: “Is it true?”We brushed a khaki shoulderAnd asked no more. We knew!RUTH LAMBERT JONES
“German Retreat From Arras”“Official Films”-they cameAfter “Corinne and Her Minstrels”Had ministered to fame.After “Corinne and Her Minstrels”Had pigeon-toed away,We saw where bits of churchesAnd bits of horses lay.We saw bleak desolation;We saw no unscathed tree.We shivered in our comfortAnd murmured: “Can it be!”But later, walking homeward,Repeating: “Is it true?”We brushed a khaki shoulderAnd asked no more. We knew!
RUTH LAMBERT JONES