The tiny fingers of whitest wax
That will point at you, or the wound that lies,
A clot of red in her fairy flax?
Will the beads that burst on your brows be hot
As mothers' tears that are newly shed?
Will each sear and burn like a blazing dot
That eats its way through your tortured head?
Will you see the ship as it onward sped--
The Thing that flew at your fatal word?
Will the dripping ghosts be around your bed--
The screams of the dying still be heard?
When the Big Night calls--and you must obey--
Will _your_ soul shrink in its awful fright?
You have lived your life, you have had your Day,
But, Captain! what of the night?
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EUROPEAN WAR, VOL 2, NO. 4, JULY, 1915***
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