Marching Men: War Verses

by Helena Jane Coleman

For works with similar titles, see Marching Men.

"MARCHING MEN"
WAR VERSES

BY
Helena Coleman




J. M. DENT & SONS, ^LTD.
LONDONTORONTO

MARCHING MEN

Marching Men
WAR VERSES


By
Helena Coleman




1917
J. M. DENT & SONS LTD.
London-Toronto

Copyright, Canada, 1917
J. M. Dent & Sons, Limited

To the Memory of
H. H. S.
(First Contingent, C.E.F.)
who Fell in Action, September 18th, 1915, and of other "Very Gallant Gentlemen," who gave their lives for Canada

"To the innermost heart of their own land they are known,
As the stars are known to the night."

CONTENTS.

 

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Marching Men		9
Flaring bugle, throbbing drum.
'Tis Not the Will That's Wanted		11
Would God that mine were better luck.
When First He Put the Khaki On		13
When first he put the khaki on.
The Recruit		14
Through all the anguish of these days.
The Day He Went		15
The morning dawned both bright and clear.
Rocking in the Bay		16
From my nook beneath the pine.
Challenge		18
Soldier, be thy blade to-night.
And They Were Young		20
'Tis when you're young and life ascends.
The Fields Are Green in Canada		21
The fields are green in Canada.
Oh, Not When April Wakes the Daffodils		23
Oh, not when April wakes the daffodils.
Children of England Yet to Be		24
Children, children, yet unborn.
Autumn, 1917		27
We know by many a tender token.
A Great White Company		29
A great white company.
Pro Patria Mortui		31
Say not they died for us.
At Night		32
Between the calling clamors of the day.
To Our Beloved		33
The hearts you knew in those unchallenged years.
Leave Us Our Tears		35
At your strong hands, O gallant men.
Convocation Hall		36
They rose.
In France's Flowered Fields		37
In France's flowered fields they lie.
Country of Mine		39
Country of mine that gave me birth.