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Show , f ( HER. SOLDIER. BOY i , i Through the vibrant hush of the starry night hums the life of a tropic clime. And under the breast of Mm khaki blouse the heart of the lad beats jtime, In a land where an enlleps summer reigns, he dreams of a Tune gone by And a wandering wind steals Into his tent and carries away V i'igh! At the open flap of his narrow tent hangs a strip of the midnight skies, Pricked through by a myriad points of light, that flash in his tired eyes; pe has waked from a dream of a summer day, and, now, with a throb of pain, lie pillows his head on his young right arm, and summons the dream again. A pathway barred by shadow and shine, a glow in the golden west; A song in the rustling leaves o'erhead, as a bluebird hushes Its nest; A slip of a girl in a muslin gown, a cadet in a coat of gray But the slim little hand he clasps In his Is a half of the world away! |