War—What For?

by George R. Kirkpatrick

But the captain answered, “I do not think;

I do not think, I obey!”

“Do you think you should shoot a patriot down,

Or help a tyrant slay?”

But the captain answered, “I do not think;

I do not think, I obey!”

“Do you think your conscience was made to die,

And your brain to rot away?”

But the captain answered, “I do not think;

I do not think, I obey!”