57391: The Dying Soldier

<p dir="ltr"> 'Here are houses', he moaned,<br> 'I could reach but my brain swims.'<br> Then they thundered and flashed<br> And shook the earth to its rims.<br> 'They are gunpits', he gasped,<br> 'Our men are at the guns.<br> Water---water---O water<br> For one of England's dying sons.'<br> 'We cannot give you water<br> Were all England in your breath.'<br> 'Water---water---O water'<br> He moaned and swooned to death.</p>