The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-03-15
ScoveII War Poem
Which Made a Hit
When Recited Here

When Nccited nefe
An the horror, panic. bravery.
grandeur OF var are presented In a
heretofore unpublished Doem which
was recied b. Ben scoVeil before the
last assembly OF the Albuquerque
Kiwaninns. Thls tale Of the first gas
attack upon The Canadians M Yprcs
was recited b. Ben scoveii before the
many requests have been mad FOR is
publication. The p0cnt follows
This Ia the ballad Of fnnve-Narck
The story of glory and mh-ht
OF the vast Hun hordcs M Canada'a
In the great rim terrible. light.
Il Il April fair IN Flanders field
But the drcndcst April then
That ever the years In their faithful
Had bronsh, to this world OF men.
North and east IN a Monster wall,
The mighty fur ranks lay.
with foot on foot IN iron ring trench.
Menael ng. grim and gray.
south and west. Ike serpent firc.
Soaring the British lines.
And In between. ~ dying and dead
And the stencil OF blood and trafnpied
mud.
on the n4ir sweet Belgian fields.
Far 90 the eastward. ~harncsscd and
tnut.
Like scimitar. shining and keen.
Grinning out ~ thai ominous gloom.
old Frances host was aecn.
when oni Of ,he grim Hun lines ono
There rsliod = sinister smoke.
A stronge, curled, CLIQUE.
Lfsc a pale greer shroud.
And death lurked In ita cloak.
on a nend like wind. Il cu-ied along
over tho brave French ranks.
Like n monster tree, ~ vapor spread.
With hidcous burning banks
or poisonous fumes that scourEod
with their ss:phurous. demon danks.
I,nl over the black-mcn from the
south.
Who feared neither God nor man.
Those fierce. Wild fighters
From Afsica's stoppe-.
Broke their batnilionH and ran
Ran a. they never had run before
Gnsplng and faintlng for breath.
For they knew a WAS no human foe
that slow
And that hideous smoke mean death,
Then red In The lake OF that evil
cloud.
Tho Hun swept over the plain.
And the murderous dirk did It's mon
stor work
TIL It scented the Zoe with blood,
hut In That line on the British right.
That master corps OF men.
or men who hailed from Is far west
land
OF mountain forest md plain.
Men. new 20 war and "a dreadest
deeds
But noble and staunen and true.
Men Of the open. east and west.
Brew OF Britain's brew.
These we're the men out there hat
night.
When hell doomed close ahead.
who saw that pitiful hideous route.
And breathed those gases red.
While some went under. some vent
mad.
But never a man there fled.
For the word was 'canadui theirs TO
light"
And keep on fighting they aid.
rhey firmly stood. lt was Friday eve.
When thnf hideous ras rolled down.
II WINS Saturday eve hat saw thn a
sill
Orimiy holding their own
SUNDAY. Monday. saw Thorn set.
A steadily leaaening band
with no surrender in their hearts.
But dreams Of "A far on land.
Whc,o mother and sister and loved
would weep,
For the hushod hearts binE stan,
But "a thought but 10 do their
part.
And work ne empires Will
hinged round. hommed In. back To
back
Thoy fought there under the dark.
And won Tor empire. God and right
AZ grim. red, LANCE Marck.
Many a battle has started the world.
Since The dawn god Arihfudis,
Many q struggle OF right 'rainst
sung in rhymes OF the worlds great
song,
Bat never ono srcatsr Than this.
waterloo. Bannockbnrn Bach aiava,
Marathon rad-iike stand,
But never a more heroic deed
IN any warmanE lana.
This Is tho ballad OF LANCE Mafrk,
The story Of glory and might,
OF the vast Hun hordes and Ctnada'f
part
In the great, grim, terrible fight