<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">A Soldier's Litany</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">WHEN the foemen's hosts draw nigh.</p><p class="line">When the standards wave on high.</p><p class="line">When the brazen trumpets call.</p><p class="line">Some to triumph, some to fall,</p><p class="line">Lord of Hosts, we cry to Thee,</p><p class="line">Libera nos Domine!</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">When the opposing squadrons meet.</p><p class="line">When the bullets fall like sleet.</p><p class="line">When the vanguards forward dash.</p><p class="line">When the flames of cannon flash,"</p><p class="line">Lord of Hosts, we cry to Thee,</p><p class="line">Libera nos Domine!</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">When mingled in the awful rout,</p><p class="line">Vanquished's cries and victor's shout,</p><p class="line">Horses' screams and wounded's groan,</p><p class="line">Dying, comfortless, alone,</p><p class="line">Lord of Hosts, we cry to Thee,</p><p class="line">Libera nos Domine!</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">And when night's shadows round us close,</p><p class="line">God of Battles, succour those.</p><p class="line">Those whose hearts shall ever burn</p><p class="line">For loved ones, never to return;</p><p class="line">Lord of Hosts, we cry to Thee,</p><p class="line">Libera nos Domine!</p><p class="line">(Save us. Lord.)</p></div></body></html> · Great War