#7
It was madness to dare the dense
murder that spewed from those ghastly machines.
(Only those who have danced to its
music can know what the mitrailleuse means.)
But the bridge on the Aisne was
a menace; our safety demanded its fall:
"Engineers, -- volunteers!"
In a body, the Royals stood out at the call.
Death at best was the fate of that mission
-- to their glory not one was dismayed.
A party was chosen -- and seven survived
till the powder was laid.
And they died with their fuses unlighted.
Another detachment! Again
A sortie is made -- all too vainly.
The bridge still commanded the Aisne.
--Herbert Kaufman
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