THE REGTMENTAL DOCTOR.
Where swathes are mowed by lead and steel His task ani'd the wreck to heal I la- wounds alike of friends and for*. The a:r is rent with sound* of strife. But all unmoved he meets the storm, Striving to keep the breath of 1:f«> Within some maimed and shattered form. His delt hands strip and staunch and bind. Speedy but unperturbed and tuire: II • faces with a quiet mind A!J that a soldvr may endure. And while the shrapnel wails and sings Above t>'ie reeking, stricken plain, !)' • little, stabbing needle brings A merciful relief from pain. Not his to give back blow for blow \\l: n pissdii M'iges to it- height. T.i hurl the foeman back, to know The exaltation of the fight. V it his to win a victor's fame. I-ir'y to ti.il wliih hj" has breath liraliog tin- men that war ni iv maim, A In-ro faithful unto death ' lot Cll STONE, n the " D.iih Mail."
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 249, 9 February 1917, Page 4 (Supplement)
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162THE REGTMENTAL DOCTOR. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 249, 9 February 1917, Page 4 (Supplement)
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