THOUGHTS ON PARADISE ISLE.
-here’s a- coral reef that stretches ound the outskirts of the shore , I' this island where we’re stationed, ■ s it . seems for evermore* ’here are rugged Tillis a-towering .11? they melt into the air; They are full of nature’;®, treasures, Aut the soldier doesn’t care* The niaouli trees are phantoms Aith their whitish cardboard bark, ..nd we miss the peaceful twilight 'hat should come before the dark.
There are untold hoards of insects To be seen on every hand, And a sense of dirt and equalojfr Seems to permeate the land® There are herds of cattle graziixj Where the grass is not too dry, And the horses too are creatures Which will take the farmer’s eye. There are many thousand natives, And the frenchman lives here too, So to them we say ’’You keep it, The land belongs to you.”
There are many much worse places In the world we have no doubt, But most of us have no desire To go and try them out.
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28th Heavy News, Volume 2, Issue 6, 12 March 1943, Page 2
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