EDWARD JOHN THOMPSON

THE LEICESTERSHIRES BEYOND BAGHDAD
- English
- History and Biography
- 24/07/14
Sinopsis
Red of gladiolus glimmering through the wheat—Red flower of Valour springing at our feet!
Dark-flowered hyacinth mingling with the red—Dark flower of Patience on the way we tread!
Scarlet of poppy waving o'er the grass—Honour's bright flags along the road we !
Thorns that torment, and grassy spikes that fret,Thistles that all the fiery way beset!
These shall be theirs, when Duty's day is sped;They shall lie down, the living and the dead.