The painting depicts an exhausted German soldier returning from war, resting his weary head in the lap of a young woman. She is portrayed as young, beautiful, and pure, symbolizing the personification of Germany.
I SAW A YOUNG MAN WALKING . The youth I met today was old, A child of early times, Much water had passed under bridge, How oft’ those church bells chimed. One hundred or more years, I’d say, They stood at young man’s grave to pray, And yet […]
As Henry Labouchere, the 19th century English Liberal MP and outspoken journalist put it: “We are without exception the greatest robbers and marauders that ever existed on the face of the globe.
IN LITTLE HOMES OF CLAY. School and college and on to war, The young must settle rich men’s score, They dress their sin as keeping peace, To lure the lambs they want to fleece. . War is business best when clad, In uniform and nation’s rag. Keep alive […]
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