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Excerpt from Given Back: A Poem, Dedicated (Without Permission), With All Love and Loyalty, to H. R. H. The Princess of Wales
In that war, none may redeem his brother None e'er hope to turn aside his share Of human pain, and care, and suffering. Rarely, if e'er before, has such a scene Saddened our country's history for Rarely before have we been privileged To look so closely at the inner life Of those whose place is in the courts of kings. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin, The poet sings and as we look within That saddened chamber, Where still, hour by hour, The strife 'twixt life and death is carried on, And mark how state and rank are set aside, And prince and people meet on common ground, The common ground of need and ministry, Our eyes brim o'er, and to the watching world We tell what claim there is on loving prayers. Death came by sin as all have sinned, So all must pay its penalty. And time comes oft when, to the wearied soul, The grave brings perfect rest when the ripe corn Is ready for the sickle. But the young, The strong, the beautiful, love the sweet world Which God has made so fair: And he, now writhing on that bed of pain, Is over young to die 5 and life for him Has duties onerous, as well as blessings. See that bending form, close-gathered Where eye and ear can note the faintest change, The whilst her heart is poured out in prayer 'tis but a few short years since first she came, (at Ream.
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