Jessie Pope's war poems - Oswestry School

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H Bumb Hppeal(The Blue Cross League, 58 Victoria Street, London, S.W., is in needof funds. )SHEwas a pretty, nicely mannered mare,The children's pet, the master's pride andcare,Until a man in khaki came one day,Looked at her teeth, and hurried her away.With other horses packedinto a trainShe hungeredfor her master's voice in vain ;And later, led 'twixt planks that scare and slip,They slung her, terrified, on board a ship.Next came, where thumps and throbbingfilled theair,Her first experience of mal */
Alone, forsaken, on a foreignfieldWhat moral does this little record yield?Who tends the wounded horses in the <strong>war</strong> ?Well that is what the Blue Cross isLeaguefor.[ 37 ]
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