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poem that was read in our forest walk to-day:-
To My Mother 1916(Rifleman Cox)
If I should fall, grieve not that one so weak and poorAs IShould die!Nay, though thy heart should break, think only this:That when at dusk they speak of sons and brothers of another oneThen thou can say, "I, too, had a son,He died for England's sake."
[At the bottom of the left-hand page is a drawing of a chess board and a chess piece (king).]Well, this will be three years away from you, besides the 1911 one when I was in England, but I hope 'twill be the last one of absence and that next one will be your happiest ever. D.V., we'll have a great outing that day. I was so glad to know from your letters that you were picnicing and going out a lot. There's nothing better to drive away loneliness. I have received lots of
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