<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">DESTROYERS</h1><p class="byline"> "KLAXON" <br xmlns:exist="http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/><span class="smallcaps">IN Blackwoods Magazine</span></p><div class="stanza"><p class="line" style="text-indent:2%">THROUGH the dark night</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:2%">And the fury of battle </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Pass the destroyers in showers of spray.</p><p class="line">As the Wolf-pack to the flank of the cattle,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">We shall close in on them--shadows of gray. </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:2%">In from ahead, Through shell-flashes red,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">We shall come down to them, after the Day, </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:2%">Whistle and crash</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:2%">Of salvo and volley </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Round us and into us as we attack </p><p class="line">Light on our target they'll flash in their folly,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Splitting our ears with shrapnel-crack. </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:2%">Fire as they will,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:2%"> We'll come to them still,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Roar as they may at us--Back--Go Back! </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:2%">White though the sea </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:2%">To the shell-splashes foaming,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">We shall be there at the death of the Hun.</p><p class="line">Only we pray for a star in the gloaming </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">(Light for torpedoes and none for a gun). </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:2%">Lord--of Thy Grace </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:2%">Make it a race,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Over the sea with the night to ran. </p></div></body></html> · Great War