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Illustration by Joseph Lee from 'Work-a-day Warriors' by Joseph Lee, published in 1917
Illustration by Joseph Lee from 'Work-a-day Warriors' by Joseph Lee, published in 1917

THE NURSE

THE NURSE

When I came to mysel' a lily-white handWas stroking my fever'd brow,And I couldn't remember where I'd been hit,And I couldn't remember how,But I felt as if from red-hot hellThe Lord had just set me free—And here was a blessed angel from heavenA-bending over me!

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