Will You Forget ?

Will you forget?
When all the fight is done,
And victory is won,
Will you forget?
The soldiers in their pride,
Who freely fought and died,
Will you forget?

Will you forget?
When war gives up his lease,
To gentle-spoken Peace,
Will you forget
The heroes in their graves?
That you might have been slaves,
Will you forget?

Will you forget?
The widow and her brood?
Oh, Heavens, if you should –
Will you forget?
The blinded and the lamed,
The broken and the maimed,
Will you forget?

Will you forget?
Like those in other wars,
The soldier and the scars –
Will you forget?
When times are safe and soft,
My God! I wonder oft,
Will you forget?