THE SENTRY'S LULLABY TO A SHIRKER
Husk; thee;;gentle emmr,-sleep,; ■ In tliy nest sowarm: -- ••• Foes from': thee I'll strive to, ; keep: ' Sleep • thee, fear no harm.' Not- far .off the eons-are mumbling, Homfes. and ancient: temples! tovblinl Still' I'll guardthee,-:sweet Phou:,. and that: refraining Million, thoujh: the-ley'night winds; chafe iVliat care I 'si.nn« ; Minn s'leßb eaf< ' -TTt'tali !'• lrnsji •.•.;> v: ; . v; m•/. i' ; Let no' dreams, thy rest disturb As to landing Huns: .We will keep them' on the curb, ; : . Guard thee from their guns. Let no foolish dreams'of .duty ■ Mar'.thy. sleep ; and ' spoil: thy beauty i : . .Hush!' think not of' Belgium's sorrow, Thou, hast'golf to play -. to-morrow:: ' • Here in nrud and rain 1 tread, . Thanking heaven thou'rt safe in bed. Hush! hush!
Angry : clouds the. heavens rake:, Im so filled with fear.. .'; ; y Lest thou .shouldst perchance awake;. ■; - Wake and! volunteer, •• - ■' ' ! . Pretty one: so sweetly snoring, . .Thy.strong-handsiweren't-meant for war.
ring, They .were maaat -to smite together., At'the goaling of,; the'leather.:,^■■■ And thou hoit a 'sweetheai.t . true,. 1 Some of; us have; sweethearts; too, , .Still that neod not thee upset, Slumber on, my prdtty .pet. 1 • Hush! hush! v: .: -
Chilly dawn once more propelled ' ■ ... By-Time's-heartless-*huD/- , Shows, -fair. England still. nnshelled, : Safe thy puh. and club.- \\ i - ?or thy health /great: bleeding,', ', Heroes drown :to keep- tijee'ifeedihg, Peer and plebeian liv& r are giving,- f-r. : Much as they, like thee love living. : - ; ' Sportsmen die to stay the Hun,. . , - - - Holing snch as theo "in one." Athletes die . lest through , the'.poles,.' BlackiMajia'shoot some goals. Blood- runs fast lest they home totter, Sleep on sweetly, hopeless Totter. ; •. -vGunner: Stanley :C.,. West, B.F.A.
[The aljove verses were brought- under our notice by a Wellington citizen', who states that the lines were.written in the trenches,-and "probably express what the man at the front thinks of-the'chap who could but won't."] ' ' ■ , -
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2584, 5 October 1915, Page 3
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