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BEFORE ACTION by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON

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First Line: I SIT BESIDE THE BRAZIER'S GLOW
Last Line: NOR ANY COLD OR HEAT.
Subject(s): WORLD WAR I; FIRST WORLD WAR;
I sit beside the brazier's glow,
And, drowsing in the heat,
I dream of daffodils that blow
And lambs that frisk and bleat --

Black lambs that frolic in the snow
Among the daffodils,
In a far orchard that I know
Beneath the Malvern hills.

Next year the daffodils will blow,
And lambs will frisk and bleat;
But I'll not feel the brazier's glow,
Nor any cold or heat.



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