MATTERS IN GENERAL
Come all the world against her, England yet shall stand.
A. C. Swinburne
Vain, mightiest fleets of iron framed;
Vain, those all-shattering guns,
Unless proud England keep, untamed,
The strong heart of her sons.
So, let his name through Europe ring-
A man of mean estate,
Who died as firm as Sparta’s king,
Because his soul was great.
Sir F. H. Doyle’s “Private of the Buffs”
We run a series of concerts each evening round a big camp fire, and I am always the first to start them off. There are three French girls who come down and sing for us, but they are not as good as you at singing: A Private of the A.M.C.
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