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Greece, 1940

The Poets & The War XLII

By I.F.B.
The War Illustrated, Volume 4, No. 71, Page 10, January 10, 1941.

Greece, undismayed, in ages gone.
Saved, the world's soul at Marathon.
A darkness greater than before
Seeks to eclipse the world once more:
So Greece, in fearless, swift disdain,
Strikes for the soul of man again.

Daily Telegraph

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