Item 03: Robert Christian Wilson diary, 1916-1917 - Page 12

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[Page 12]

"There's but one task for all
For all one life to give
Who lives if England fall!
Who dies if England live!
Kipling
Romani 15/ Aug. 1916

Consent
By Dorothy Francis McCree

To-morrow - ah! To-morrow – he must go.
Far from his home and kinsfolk – far away.
And we who love him dare not bid him stay.
Across the sea his comrades need him so.
Dear God, dear God, help me to let him go.
He could not stay behind I know, I know,

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