Work-a-day Warriors/Noel

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NOEL

Christmas Eve, and a wind with a sting,We rode from Ypres through Elverdinghe.The ruined church rose gaunt on our right:With a turn of the head,The Q.M. said,"There will be no service to-night!"
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Illustration by Joseph Lee from 'Work-a-day Warriors' by Joseph Lee, published in 1917
Illustration by Joseph Lee from 'Work-a-day Warriors' by Joseph Lee, published in 1917

RUINED CHURCH AT ELVERDINGHE
"There will be no service to-night!"

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