HIS BATTLE PRAYER
\ He prayed, ' There where ha lay, Blood-sodden and ■unkempt, As never in his young gay carelessness he dreamt Tliat he could pray. He prayed; Not that the pain should cease, Nor yet for water in tho parching heat, • ' •, . Nor for doath's quick release, Nor oven for the tardy feet Of stretcher-bearers bringing aid. Ho prayed; ' ' Cast helpless oh the bloody sod; "Don!t troublo now, 0 God, for mo, But keep the boys, go forward with them, God! 0 speed the Camerons to victory." Tho kilts .flashed on: "Well played," he sighed, "Woll played." 1 Just so lie prayed. —W. M. Letts, in tho "Westmiusfcei Gazette."
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2860, 26 August 1916, Page 11
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108HIS BATTLE PRAYER Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2860, 26 August 1916, Page 11
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