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THE BETRAYED by RUTH SCOTT DANCER

First Line: THE GHOSTS OF INNOCENT DEAD COME OUT AT NIGHT
Last Line: THE GHOSTS OF INNOCENT DEAD COME OUT AT NIGHT.
Subject(s): GHOSTS; SUPERNATURAL;
The ghosts of innocent dead come out at night
And march in endless ranks of leaden-gray;
They spread across the world like some dread blight
From Scotland to the walls of old Cathay.

As thick as stars along the Milky Way,
The ghosts of innocent dead come out at night:
Their eyes have lost their dreams of yesterday
And they implore us in the moon's pale light.

So we who live are haunted by the might
Of cruel war, for when we sleep or pray,
The ghosts of innocent dead come out at night:
And fill our minds with horror and dismay.

We bravely swore to end the tyrant's sway
But still we follow him in slavish fright,
And since we made them vows which we betray,
The ghosts of innocent dead come out at night.



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