Collected Poems Of The Great War A Century On

No. 11. - A SOLDIER LAD by ALAN S JEEVES He, lying cold, this lonely night Far from his home - some distant land, The soldier lad who came to fight. And marching tall, a-left, a-right, A Queen's cadet at her command, He, lying cold, this lonely night. He feared the day, as well he might, As his detachment made their stand, The soldier lad who came to fight. Then as the sky was rendered bright With shells a-plenty bursting fanned, He, lying cold, this lonely night. His battle raging at its height, There, midst the turmoil, trumped the band, The soldier lad who came to fight. So far away the morning's light And late to come to reprimand. He, lying cold, this lonely night The soldier lad who came to fight