Work-a-day Warriors/Trench Thoughts: Christmas 1916
Illustration by Joseph Lee from 'Work-a-day Warriors' by Joseph Lee, published in 1917
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ONE LOVED COT I KNOW
TRENCH THOUGHTS
CHRISTMAS 1916
Not of the Christ who cameTwo thousand years ago;Only the firelight glowIn one loved cot I know.
Not of those shepherds old,Watching their flocks by night!But Father, and Kate with a light,Seeing that cows is right.
Not of the Angel song;Peace unto men of Goodwill;Only my brother BillDead, and he done no ill!
Not of the Heavenly Host,Bringing tidings of great joy;But my Mother's homely employ,And her prayer, "My boy, my boy!"