<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">To Somebody</h1><p class="byline"> HAROLD SETON <br xmlns:exist="http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/><span class="smallcaps">In Munsey's Magazine</span><br xmlns:exist="http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/>Permission to reproduce in this book.</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line">THEY'VE put us through our paces; </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">They say we're doing fine; </p><p class="line">We'll soon go to our places </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Upon the firing-line. </p><p class="line">Some chaps will fight for mothers, </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And some for wives so true;</p><p class="line">For sweethearts many others</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And I will fight for you!</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Through all these months of training </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">We've cherished hopeful thoughts </p><p class="line">And drilled without complaining,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Like soldiers and good sports.</p><p class="line">We're warring for a reason, </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">We've sworn to see this through </p><p class="line">To falter would he treason,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And I will fight for you!</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Your presence will be near me,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Your voice will call my name;</p><p class="line">You'll comfort me and cheer me,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Your love, behold, I claim!</p><p class="line">'Twould take more than an ocean</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">To separate us two;</p><p class="line">I'll hold unto this notion, </p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">And I will fight for you! </p></div></body></html> · Great War