SMALLPOX VACCINE.
(Air, "The Rosary.") The scratches on my arm, dear sir, Like burning coals of iii-e they seem. How many microbes did you there inter? Smallpox Vaccine;' Smallpox Vaccine; Each prick a scratch, each scratch an itch, To add a seasick maiden's woe. I ask each friend u hers has " took," But each one answers, "No." Oh! little bugs that course and run On itchy skin. Oft, swollen scar! I rub each scratch ana' strive in vain to think The stuff has "took," dear sir; The stuff has took. —'Composed on tae hospital ship Mali eno.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11507, 1 October 1915, Page 4
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97SMALLPOX VACCINE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 11507, 1 October 1915, Page 4
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