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Great Poems of the World War

SUDDENLY ONE DAY AUTHOR UNKNOWN

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From The Westminster Gazette

Found in the pocket of Capt. T. P. C. Wilson, a British officer, killed in action.

SUDDENLY one day The last ill shall fall away. The last little beastliness that is in our blood Shall drop from us as the sheath drops from the bud, And the great spirit of man shall struggle through And spread huge branches underneath the blue. In any mirror, be it bright or dim, Man will see God, staring back at him.

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