THE SOLDIER.
-The large report of fame I lack, ! And shining clasps and crimson scars, For I haA-e held my bivouac . Alone amid the untroubled stars. My battle-field has known no claAvn ]**ecloude'd',by a thousand spears; I've been no mounting tyrant's pawn To -buy his .'glory with my tears. lit neA-er Seemed a noble thing | Some little leagues of land to gain Prom broken men, nor yet to fling I Abroad the thunderbolts of pain. Yet I have felt the quickening breath As peril heavy peril kissed — My weapon Avas a little faith, And fear Avas my antagonist. |. Not a. brief hour, of cannonade, But many days of bitter strife. Till God of His great pity laid Across my broAV the leaves of life. —From "Poems of Men and Hours," by John Drinkwater.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12615, 18 November 1911, Page 3 (Supplement)
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133THE SOLDIER. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12615, 18 November 1911, Page 3 (Supplement)
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