THE SIGNALLER'S VISION

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One rainy winter dusk
Mending a parted cable,
Sudden I saw so clear
Home and the tea-table.
So clear it was, so sweet,
I did not start, but drew
The breath of deep content
Some minutes ere I knew
My Mother’s face that’s soother
Than autumn half-lights kind,
My softly smiling sisters
Who keep me still in mind,
Were but a dream, a vision—
That faded. And I knew
The smell of trench, trench-feeling—
And turned to work anew.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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