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 Blanche E. Holt Murison

A popular literary woman of the West, wife of Captain William Johnson Holt Murison, of Vancouver, B.C., who served at the Front for about two years. A native of Cowes, Isle of Wight, nee Vaughan. Came to Canada in 1904, and has lived in most of the important centres of the Dominion. Has written much meritorious verse, not yet published in book form.

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HE Mothering Heart of Empire

Is beating to fife and drum ; The measured march of a million feet,

Tell where the soldiers come. And the women stand as the men sweep by,

And cheer them on their way; The Mothering Heart of Empire

Is proud of its sons today.

The Mothering Voice of Empire

Is singing a patriot song; From every shore of the Seven Seas

It echoes clear and strong. For the voice that is timed to lullabies

Awakens a sterner theme ; And over the Mother- World shines out

The Star of a Mother s Dream.

The Mothering Hands of Empire

Are belting on swords today ; And God knows just where the fingers slip,

And just what the white lips pray. The beautiful hands that never tired

At the call of the children s need, On the rosary of a Mother s love,

Are telling another bead.

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