St Andrews High School - Seaside Reveries Yearbook (St Andrews, New Brunswick Canada)

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Drm oy A WARRIOR when I opened my desk the other day, A battered And in the book in the corner lay, centre a hole rimmed in red Through which a deadly bullet had sped. I opened 1 t up and like the tide on the sea The waves of time turned back for me. It started And never I lay all Until I wa CHow was I That only And with u who wouldn He wasn't So they ca To this la And straye Like a tig We sneaked , WThis is April M, '17 an enemy I have seen. day in a filthy hole s called upon patrol. to know, that of that five I would return alive?D s went a 't speak friendly lled him d I took d not fro er stalking his prey, along both night and day. funny SU? and wouldn't try. to most folk, 'The silent onen in joke. a great like m him during that hike. The next night the bombs began to fly And shells As through I knew many a lad would never see home agai While I wa I felt a p I thought But then a The Silent Carried me Just as he A sniper's Before he He said to cut fiery paths across the sky. the night came cries of pain, n. s trying to do my part, ain just over my heart. this would be my last ride, figure dashed to my side, One, for it was he, across that bloody sea. laid me down, like a whistling fife bullet sought his life. closed his eyes in death, me with rasping breath, WI guess this is it, Cap., so listen well, A little s Of how I c tory I want to tell ame to be The wreck of a man you now see. I guess it was meant to be But why did it have to happen to me?W He had found a girl that was his life And she had promised to be his wife. when the war started he came over the sea And her love was not as true as he. I tried to quiet him down and said, nDrink this now and forget your loven, But he had gone to meet the warrior above. q As I was wondering why I did not die I saw that through my diary the bullet did fly 1 bound up my wound with a piece of my shirt,

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