Without a bed we now sleep sound
And take our meals upon the ground;
And though the blazing atmosphere
Must dreadful to the eye appear,
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Regret your blood in vain you spilt it the poet says the truth and factors of the war and its negativity. Only voltaire have the experiece to say the vanity of war that causes human sacrifice unnecessarily and loss of life without any perpetual gain for humans.
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