Blood Stained Soil [Leach] (Mercer: The Dying Soldier III)
A young Newfoundlander is dying on a French battlefield. A Red Cross nurse cares for him. He asks her to deliver his last letter to Newfoundland. He bids farewell to his mother who often appeared to him like an angel, in his dreams. He (?) says farewell to his lover. They often rambled together, and...
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1990
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/3610 |
| Summary: | A young Newfoundlander is dying on a French battlefield. A Red Cross nurse cares for him. He asks her to deliver his last letter to Newfoundland. He bids farewell to his mother who often appeared to him like an angel, in his dreams. He (?) says farewell to his lover. They often rambled together, and she had agreed to marry him. His voice falters, and the soldier dies. Doyle, 1955, 65; Leach, 1965, 220, "The Newfoundlander", 9:3, Aug, 1946, 17 |
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