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RECESSIONAL
Lord of our far-flung battle-line,
Beneath whose awful Hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine—
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!
On dune and headland sinks the fire:
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget—lest we forget!
The Kaiser: "You See You Have Lost Everything."
The King of the Belgians: "Not My Soul."
(Reproduced by permission of the proprietors of Punch.)
LEST WE FORGET
WORLD WAR STORIES
BY
JOHN GILBERT THOMPSON
PRINCIPAL OF THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
FITCHBURG, MASS.
AND
INEZ BIGWOOD
INSTRUCTOR IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
FITCHBURG, MASS.
SILVER, BURDETT AND COMPANY
BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO
Copyright, 1918, by
SILVER, BURDETT AND COMPANY
PREFACE
Books and articles in astounding numbers have been published in thepast four years to explain the World War and to inform the public asto its progress. Societies and agencies of the government have urgedthat every available means be employed to inform the American peopleof the reasons for the war and the issues at stake; and much has beend