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Bonar Bridge War Memorial

Wishing to remember our friends and colleges that are no longer with us.

The young men of the world
Are condemned to death.
They have been called up to die
For the crime of their fathers.

The young men of the world,
The growing, the ripening fruit,
Have been torn from their branches,
While the memory of the blossom
Is sweet in women's hearts;
They have been cast for a cruel purpose
Into the mashing-press and furnace.

The young men of the world
Look into each other's eyes,
And read there the same words:
Not yet! Not yet!
But soon perhaps, and perhaps certain.

The young men of the world
No longer possess the road:
The road possess them.
They no longer inherit the earth:
The earth inherits them.
They are no longer masters of fire:
Fire is their master;
They serve him, he destroys them.
They no longer rule the waters:
The genius of seas
Has invented a new monster,
And they fly from its teeth.
They no longer breathe freely:
The genius of air
Has contrived a new terror
That rends them into pieces.

The young men of the world
Are encompassed with death
He is all about them
In a circle of fire and bayonets.

Wee, weep, o women,
and old men break your hearts.

Lament by F. S. Flint

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