IN A HOSPITAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1388, 21 November 1918, Page 6

IN A HOSPITAL.

Sister, si !.)■; Can't yon hear the humming. Swelling ever louder in the clear and moonlit sky? ■lye, I. know it well, the sound that tells tiie .1 iodic is coming, Get yon to the shelter now, while yet there’s time to fly. Burse them for a dirty crew, they know the game j,they’re, playing, Alt iking war on mangled flesh that can but lie and moan, Still, you cannot help us here, so what’s Tl l o use of staying'' Get to shelter, sister, I can stick it on my own. Sister, sister! Hark the bombs are falling, Nearer, even nearer, comes the tide of wound-, and death, Spatter of machine guns to swell a din appalling, Acrid fumes that reek of hell and grip the strangling breath ! I can do without my drink and count myself iu clover; 1 can carry on a treat if only you will go, Only for a little while until the strafe is over, Get to shelter, sister dear, this ain’t a woman's show. Sister, sister! Ah! the dark stain growing There beside the cross of love and mercy on your breast, I Totally to (he cruel foe the badge of coinage showing, tVhot have wo to give to you who gave us of your best ? Cod, Who eh, isieneth JI is own by pain and tribulation, Make my body whole and sound against ihe. coming day, Vengeance, Lord, is Thine, but hear Thy servant’s supplication, Afake <d me Thine instrument whene’er Thou shall, repay !