Armed  for War

Is life on Earth a Viler thing

Than ever was known before?

Who shall we ask-the wise old man

Whose years have reached five score?

When we have questioned church and state,

Is there anyone else to ask?

Is it the baby, three weeks old,

That wears a gas-proof mask?

Is it the infant armed to meet

A poisoned earth and sky-

A thing too weak to lift its hand

To rub a sleepy eye?