Devotion to Duty

 I was near the King that day.
 I saw him snatch 
And briskly scan the G.
H.
Q.
 dispatch.
 
Thick-voiced, he read it out.
 (His face was grave.
) 
‘This officer advanced with the first wave, 

‘And when our first objective had been gained,
‘(Though wounded twice), reorganized the line: 
‘The spirit of the troops was by his fine 
‘Example most effectively sustained.
’ 

He gripped his beard; then closed his eyes and said, 
‘Bathsheba must be warned that he is dead.

‘Send for her.
 I will be the first to tell 
‘This wife how her heroic husband fell.
’

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