Robert Dorman
75th division
Canadian Expeditionary Force
VERSE AND WORSE BY R.O. (BOB) DORMAN
ENGLAND
Once more the hun is at the gate
Once more he shouts his hymn of hate
Against you England
Ah, could they have understood you right
Your love of peace not fear of might
Caused you so long to stay your hand
But fools are made to understand
And so the task is yours once more
To teach them, all they gain from war
Is pain, suffering, and misery
Once more your colors are unfurled
Once more to assure a weary world
That England still is England
Your call has sounded from ocean to ocean
Your Sons stand by in loyal devotion
Stand by for all the world to see
Our flag’s the symbol of liberty
So humbly in God we place our trust
Our fate in his hands and if we must
We’ll die for England
Bio of Robert Osborne Dorman b Montreal Quebec 1900 enlisted CEF 1914
Poem 1The Argument
Poem 2 A Parody When You Play in the Game of War
Poem 3 England
Poem 4 Somewhere
Poem 5 Dirty
Poem 6 When All the Guns are Roaring
Poem 7 The Ypres-Mennen Road
Poem 8 Just a Little Bit of Shrapnel