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XXIV

The Star-shell

(Loos)

A STAR-SHELL holds the sky beyond
Shell-shivered Loos, and drops
In million sparkles on a pond
That lies by Hulluch copse.


A moment's brightness in the sky,
To vanish at a breath,
And die away, as soldiers die
Upon the wastes of death.


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