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 Robert W. Service

And now all the papers is praises ring, And e s been and Vs shaken the and of the King, And I sawr im to-day in the ward, pore thing, Where they re patching im up once more.

And e says: Wot d ye think of it, Lizer Ann? And I says: Well, I can t make it out, old man; You d ook it as soon as a scrap began,

When you was a bit of a kid; And e whispers : Ere, on the quiet, Liz, They re makin too much of the ole dam biz, And the papers is printin me ugly phiz,

But. . . I m anged if I know wot I did.

��&quot;Oh, the Captain comes and e says: Look ere They re far too quiet out there; it s queer. They re up to somethin ,-- oo ll volunteer

To crawl in the dark and see? Then I felt me eart like a ammer go, And up jumps a chap and e says: Right O! But I chips in straight, and I says, Oh, no!

E s a missis and kids, take me !

&quot;And the next I knew I was sneakin out, And the oozy corpses was all about, And I felt so scared I wanted to shout,

And my skin fair prickled wiv fear ; And I sez : You coward ! You ad no right To take on the job of a man this night/ Yet still I kept creepin till ( orrid sight!)

The trench of the Uns was near.

&quot;It was all so dark, it was all so still, Yet somethin pushed me against me will; Ow I wanted to turn ! Yet I crawled until

I was seein a dim light shine. Then thinks I: I ll just go a little bit, And see wot the doose I can make of it,

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