A SIGHT IN CAMP.
(liy "Walt. Whitman).
A sight in camp in tlie daybreak grey anil dim, As from my lent I emerge so early sleepless, As slow I walk in the cool fresh air the path near the hospital tent, Three forms I see on stretchers lying, brought out there untended lying, Over each the blanket spread, ample brownish woollen blanket. Grey and heavy blanket, folding, covering all. Curious I halt and silent stand, Then *vith light fingers I from the face of the nearest the first just lift the blanket; Who are you elderly man so gaunt and grim, with well-grcy'd hair, and flesh all sunken about the eyes? Who are you, my dear comrade? Then to the second I step—and who arc you my child and darling? Who are you sweet boy with checks yet blooming? ... Then to the third—a face lior child 1101 old, very calm, as of beautiful yellowwhite ivory; Young man, I think I know you —I think this face is the face of the Christ himself, Dead and divine and brother of all, and here again he lies.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 189, 19 January 1915, Page 7
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185A SIGHT IN CAMP. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 189, 19 January 1915, Page 7
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