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Robert W Service - Raw Recruit
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They said to me: "Thou shalt not kill,"
And well I understood.
"Thy brother`s blood thou shalt not spill,"
They spake, and it was good.
And then I could not understand,
Yet had to do their will;
Cold steel they put into my hand,
Saying: "Go forth and kill.

"Go forth with rage of race and slay;
Pile up the corpses for
What`s murder called in Peace - alway
Is hollowed in war.
The Church has blest your bloody blade,
The which in peace is cursed;
So go forth, son, all unafraid,
And do your bloody worst."

What`s wrong in Peace in War is right,
So I will do their will,
And bear me bravely in the fight,
And kill and kill and kill.....
Yet as I brave the battle test
With dripping sword in hand,
Proving me equal with the best....
Christ, help me understand!
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