THE ENGINEER.
"Midst^ maxims' click and rattle, Quick-firers' cr*ck and scream, Dazed with the lust of battle,
Half blind with smoke and steam, Men fnce'the flying shrapnel, And dare the bursting shell, When every gun's a shambles, And all the deck a hell] But pent and caged, unknowing Which way the figlft incline, I keep my engines going Beneath the-j watoivline. No praise or blnme to spur me In this my hour of trial, I stand and grip the lever, I stand and watch the dial. I know no battle-passion To set my blood aglow, I work in sober fashion, But if we fail, I know That boiled, or flayed, or 'stifled, Or mashed amongst the gear, I,die, a "mere non-combatant," An unknown Engineer 1 . — J. H. K. Adkin in the Spectator.
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Evening Post, Volume LXIV, Issue 47, 23 August 1902, Page 3 (Supplement)
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THE ENGINEER.
Evening Post, Volume LXIV, Issue 47, 23 August 1902, Page 3 (Supplement)
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