Guards Came Through and other Poems

<h2><SPAN class="pagenum" name="Page_20" title="20"> </SPAN>HAIG IS MOVING</h2> <p class="subheading small-caps">August 1918</p> <div class="poetry"> <div class="stanza"> <div class="line indent12"><span class="small-caps">Haig</span> is moving!</div> <div class="line">Three plain words are all that matter,</div> <div class="line">Mid the gossip and the chatter,</div> <div class="line">Hopes in speeches, fears in papers,</div> <div class="line">Pessimistic froth and vapours&mdash;</div> <div class="line indent12">Haig is moving!</div> </div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="line indent12">Haig is moving!</div> <div class="line">We can turn from German scheming,</div> <div class="line">From humanitarian dreaming,</div> <div class="line">From assertions, contradictions,</div> <div class="line">Twisted facts and solemn fictions&mdash;</div> <div class="line indent12">Haig is moving!</div> <SPAN class="pagenum" name="Page_21" title="21"> </SPAN></div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="line indent12">Haig is moving!</div> <div class="line">All the weary idle phrases,</div> <div class="line">Empty blamings, empty praises,</div> <div class="line">Here's an end to their recital,</div> <div class="line">There is only one thing vital&mdash;</div> <div class="line indent12">Haig is moving!</div> </div> <div class="stanza"> <div class="line indent12">Haig is moving!</div> <div class="line">He is moving, he is gaining,</div> <div class="line">And the whole hushed world is straining,</div> <div class="line">Straining, yearning, for the vision</div> <div class="line">Of the doom and the decision&mdash;</div> <div class="line indent12">Haig is moving!</div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />