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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2826, 18 July 1916, Page 3

TO (Killed in action the first week in •spring). What to us the dawn of Spring waking through the valleys— * All the woods aslirring, lit with daffodils— ~ , • . Since ho returns not -An! since ho returns not .With April's glory fair across the hills? What may >t matter now, that the sweet birds tiing so— ;j'liat the showers and sunshine on the meadows dance? Ah! Spring, Newcomer, all our heart to welcome vow Lies far and broken in a grave in France. With his splendid laughter—generous as the Spring-time— Loth to blame—swift to praise—gayest of the saySo joyed to live. . . . Ah! all our heart for loving you Follows him, Oh Spring returned—mto Death's silent Way. . ■ —Itarjorie Wilson, in the, "Westminster Gazette."

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