The Fool’s Crusade

Published on 23 March 2025 at 16:00

Oh, gather ye round and mark me well, 
Of kings who dream and march to hell. 
With banners raised and sabres high, 
They send forth men to bleed and die.


Yet fools make wars, but never fight,
They plot by day and feast by night.
And while they prate of justice grand,
The dead lie cold in foreign sand.

(By John Shenton)