The Home Circle.
“ ONE KILLED.” ■A brilliant victory ! Hear the shout Hinging through all the land ! Enemy utterly put to rout— Vainly essayed a stand. The streets are crowded, men hurry across ; A nation with joy is thrilled Because ’twas achieved with a trifling loss ; But Jim —our Jim—was killed ! The flags are flaunting exultingly, Proud in their arrogant scorn. Thanks arise for a victory With naught—almost—to mourn. Yet in my heart, like a cut from a knife A pain that won’t be stilled—■ An insignificant loss of life When Jim—our Jim—was killed ! “A marvellous thing that in such a fight,” Come comments over the wire, SI The list of casualties should be light In the face of a venomous fire. One dead is the sum, from a bursting shell ”■— O God, that Your wisdom willed, When otherwise all would have been so well, That Jim—our Jim—was killed ! Munsey’s Magazine.
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Southern Cross, Volume 7, Issue 26, 8 October 1898, Page 11
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150The Home Circle. Southern Cross, Volume 7, Issue 26, 8 October 1898, Page 11
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