Wednesday, September 22, 2010

To My Daughter Betty Comments

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In wiser days, my darling rosebud, blown
To beauty proud as was your Mother’s prime.
In that desired, delayed, incredible time,
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Thomas Kettle
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Johnny 21 December 2018

Line 6.. To die with death... should read To dice with death

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Johnny 16 December 2018

LIne 6. die should read ' dice'

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M D Gallagher 16 January 2016

So sad - nothing about glory or heroics, just an attempt at an explanation of why he had returned to war, for a daughter he suspected he might not live to see again.

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