<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=339815" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Soldier's Grave</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Twas long ago, in the summer-time,<br>On a day as sad as this,<br>That I laid my babe in its father's arms,<br>And he gave it his farewell kiss;<br>When the army sail'd from the English shores<br>In a mist of sun and rain,<br>To the vine-clad hills and citadels<br>And the olive groves of Spain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I set my face to the balmy south,<br>And listen'd, intent and dumb,<br>As though a cry from the battle-grounds<br>On the fragrant wind might come.<br>I yearn'd for a gleam of the red camp fires<br>Which burn'd through the watchful nights,<br>For the shine of the bayonets that clash'd one day<br>On the dread Albuera heights.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ah me! And my face cannot turn away,<br>Though the ashes are on my brow,—<br>Though the news of the battle came once for all,<br>And there's nothing to watch for now!<br>Though 'tis further away than that far south land<br>I must look for my dear man's face,—<br>Though I know he will never come home again<br>To the chair in the old house-place!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ada+Cambridge">Ada Cambridge</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=339815" data-title="The Soldier's Grave de Ada Cambridge" data-description="Twas long ago, in the summer-time, On a day as sad as this, That I laid my babe in its father's arms, And he gave it his farewell kiss; When the army sail'd from the English shores In a mist of sun and rain, To the vine-clad hills and citadels And..."></div> </div> </div>

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