Excerpt: ...the lowing of cattle, And the clang of the bluebells is death to my liver, And the roar of the dandelion gives me a shiver, And a glacier, in movement, is much too exciting, And I'm nervous, when standing on one, of alighting- Give me Peace; that is all, that is all that I seek ... Say, starting on Saturday week. ONE STAR Occasionally I receive letters from friends, whom I have not seen lately, addressed to Lieutenant M -- and apologizing prettily inside in case I am by now a colonel; in drawing-rooms I am ...
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Excerpt: ...the lowing of cattle, And the clang of the bluebells is death to my liver, And the roar of the dandelion gives me a shiver, And a glacier, in movement, is much too exciting, And I'm nervous, when standing on one, of alighting- Give me Peace; that is all, that is all that I seek ... Say, starting on Saturday week. ONE STAR Occasionally I receive letters from friends, whom I have not seen lately, addressed to Lieutenant M -- and apologizing prettily inside in case I am by now a colonel; in drawing-rooms I am sometimes called "Captain-er"; and up at the Fort the other day a sentry of the Royal Defence Corps, wearing the Crecy medal, mistook me for a Major, and presented crossbows to me. This is all wrong. As Mr. Garvin well points out, it is important that we should not have a false perspective of the War. Let me, then, make it perfectly plain-I am a Second Lieutenant. When I first became a Second Lieutenant I was rather proud. I was a Second Lieutenant "on probation." On my right sleeve I wore a single star. So: (on probation, of course). On my left sleeve I wore another star. So: (also on probation). They were good stars, none better in the service; and as we didn't like the sound of "on probation" Celia put a few stitches in them to make them more permanent. This proved effective. Six months later I had a very pleasant note from the King telling me that the days of probation were now over, and making it clear that he and I were friends. I was now a real Second Lieutenant. On my right sleeve I had a single star. Thus: (not on probation). On my left sleeve I also had a single star. In this manner: This star also was now a fixed one. From that time forward my thoughts dwelt naturally on promotion. There were exalted persons in the regiment called Lieutenants. They had two stars on each sleeve. So: I decided to become a Lieutenant. Promotion in our regiment was difficult. After giving the matter every...
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Good+; Sunned spine and top edge of blue cover, gift inscription ffep. Foxing and stain to side edge of book. Top edge of spine chipped. Most articles and verse have previously appeared in Punch. Some war poetry included. 300gms weight; 12mo 7"-7½" tall; 250 pages.
