Wakefield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Wakefield, MA)

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THE W. II. 8. DEI5ATKR PAdE TWENTY-ONE THE REGION OF THG D6A0 EXCHANG6S In tlie land of rU-ath and darkness, In the land wliencf life lia. ' sped, I found myself awalkina ' ' Mid the relies of the dead. There I saw a ah )stly flaiii ' e. Whence the llvins ' sonl had fled, Who sat a weepinii, vveepin i:, ' Mid the caniplires of the dead. I tonehed him on the slionlder, . ' nd he turned to me and said : Oh. thus they pass forever, The living and the dead. The left, an endless, liviny band, Hollow-eyed, thin, and ifannt; Women and children staiiirer on In an endless woe of want. They march along, so weary paced. My heart is torn with dreail; For ever their himifry cry goes up, ' Give US, oh, give ns bread ' . On my right, the ghostly soldiers pass, With deep, dead muffled roar; I can hear the click of their dry canteeu And guns that will ne ' er roar more. Endless, endless, endless, they seem. As in death thev plod along; And ever the ghosts of (h ' ums beat out, O h w ro n g I w ro n g 1 w ro n g ' . Tiie living wail their ceaseless cry, ' Give ns, oh givens bread, ' lint tlie dead i)ass on with ' Ask not us, We ' re the Legion of the Dead. ' Husbands, fathers, sons, thev are Of those women who cry for bread: Bnt they pass them by ith silent stare. This lone Legion of the Dead, Tlieir laliors o ' er, their duties done, Tlieir tongues dead dried in dust. Througii eternity they mai ' ch away, Then ' rifles crumbling in rust For still WAV calls his fearful cry. And nations answer back, ' Do with us, Dread One, as you will. Though of bread there be a lack ' . So forever, shall men die gory, Their children of hunger die, While the flow ' r of manhood for glory Shall answer the seltl.sh cry. And War shall mock civilization. With jeers at the cry for bread. As lie stoops and siuifts the candles Of the Legion of the Dead. . nd I am doomed to watch them. Hearing terrible, living cries. And the steady tramp of the heroes. Who die thougli not knowing why. I fonnd myself awalking. Afar from the land of dread ; But my ears were ringing, ringing, Witii that wretched cry for hread WE acknowledgfe with thauk.s the receipt of the following ' : i0 The Eltruriau, Haverhill, Mass. ' The SauborD Echo, Kingston, N. H. ' The Omnibus, Franklin, Penn. The Blaze, The Huntington School, Boston, Mass. The Authentic, Stoneham, Mass. The School Life, Melrose, Mass. ' The Curiosity Shop, Texarkansas, Texas. The Clarion, Everett, Mass. Orange Peals, Orange, Mass. The Item, Dorchester, Mass. The Tripod, Thornton Academy, Saco, Me. The Blue and White, Westbrook, Me. ' The Voice of L. H. S., P ' almouth, Mass. The Oriole, Bushwick Higli School, Brooklyn, N.V. Teck News, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Wor- cester, Mass. The Uailroad Employee, Newark, N. J. ' Reflector, (xloucester, Mass. Oracle, Bangor, Me. The Station Agent. The Eltrurian has been unusually good this year. Some of the poems, especially Peace on Earth and ' (irapes of Tautalus have real merit. The School Life has a very good exchange column. The department under Man Sagt is interesting. The Oriole must have a line staff artist. We find the editorials very good. The Clarion, Everett, Mass., is a very lively weekly. The Blaze, Huntington School, Boston. A fine, all around pajier, printed on good paper, containing fine cuts, and an interesting technical department. The Curiosity Sho)), Texarkansas, Tex. A fine ex- change column. We wish you success with your new paper. ' The Tripod, Saco, Me., has some good stories, but would not a few cuts be interesting? When rank stops yon from baseball, . n l atrip yon sometimes miss, i ' ou ' tl like to swat the gny who said, That Ignorance is bliss. KiX(;sTOX. ' 15 Fellows and girls are we In every degree. Few of ns short Ten of ns not Every (jne happy Every one gay. Now is the time for graduation day. M. G. K., ln

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