They Shall Return

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They Shall Return

J. LEWIS MILLIGAN
IN The Toronto Globe

THEY shall return when the wars are over, 
When battles are memories dim and far;
Where guns now stand shall be corn and clover,
Flowers shall bloom where the blood-drops are.

They shall return with laughing faces,
Limbs that are lithe and hearts new-born;
Yea, we shall see them in old home-places,
Lovelier yet in the light of morn. 

Title: They Shall Return
Identifier: greatwar_Eaton148

Item sets: Great Poems of the World War

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