Commonplace 188 George & His and Edith's Son, Walter.
Today (July 1st 2016) is the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. George's son, Walter, serving with the Queen's Westminster Rifles, was killed there. Have a look at Commonplaces 19 and 27 to learn more about Walter.
Today (July 1st 2016) is the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. George's son, Walter, serving with the Queen's Westminster Rifles, was killed there. Have a look at Commonplaces 19 and 27 to learn more about Walter.
 |
| Walter Leonard Gissing 1891-1916 
The Soldier by Rupert Brook (1887 - 1915)
If I should die,
think only this of me:
That there's some corner of a foreign field That is forever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam, A body of England's, breathing English air, Washed by the rivers, blest by the suns of home.
And think, this
heart, all evil shed away,
A pulse in the eternal mind, no less Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given; Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day; And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness, In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.  |
No comments:
Post a Comment