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A Song of Comfort single work poetry war literature "And some fool whimpered that they died in vain!"

Author:agent Ella McFadyen

Issue Details: First known date: 1916... 1916 A Song of Comfort

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Epigraph: 'They went to the imminent death like kings in a pageant'
The epigraph is taken from English poet John Masefield's description of the Allied forces at Gallipoli. The original read: 'They went like kings in a pageant to the imminent death'

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y The Sydney Mail 27 December 1916 Z1921291 1916 newspaper issue 1916
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1916
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pg. 15
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y Songs of the Last Crusade Ella McFadyen , North Sydney : Winn , 1917 Z165949 1917 selected work poetry war literature North Sydney : Winn , 1917
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1917
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pg. 43

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