<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">Guns of Verdun</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line"><span class="smallcaps">Guns</span> of Verdun point to Metz</p><p class="line">From the plated parapets;</p><p class="line">Guns of Metz grin back again</p><p class="line">O'er the fields of fair Lorraine.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Guns of Metz are long and grey,</p><p class="line">Growling through a summer day;</p><p class="line">Guns of Verdun, grey and long,</p><p class="line">Boom an echo of their song.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Guns of Metz to Verdun roar,</p><p class="line">"Sisters, you shall foot the score;"</p><p class="line">Guns of Verdun say to Metz,</p><p class="line">"Fear not, for we pay our debts."</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Guns of Metz they grumble, "When?"</p><p class="line">Guns of Verdun answer then,</p><p class="line">"Sisters, when to guard Lorraine</p><p class="line">Gunners lay you East again!"</p></div><p class="byline">Patrick R. Chalmers</p></body></html> · Great War