The Dying Soldier
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Title
The Dying Soldier
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Description
'Here are houses', he moaned,
'I could reach but my brain swims.'
Then they thundered and flashed
And shook the earth to its rims.
'They are gunpits', he gasped,
'Our men are at the guns.
Water---water---O water
For one of England's dying sons.'
'We cannot give you water
Were all England in your breath.'
'Water---water---O water'
He moaned and swooned to death.
'I could reach but my brain swims.'
Then they thundered and flashed
And shook the earth to its rims.
'They are gunpits', he gasped,
'Our men are at the guns.
Water---water---O water
For one of England's dying sons.'
'We cannot give you water
Were all England in your breath.'
'Water---water---O water'
He moaned and swooned to death.
Identifier
3294.txt
Creator
Rosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918)
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Date
1977
Date Created
1977-01-01
Temporal Coverage
1977-12-31
Type
Poem
Publisher
The First World War Poetry Digital Archive
