4 + 

Thus in silence in dreams’ projections, + 

Returning, resuming, I thread my way through the hospitals, + 

The hurt and wounded I pacify with soothing hand, + 

I sit by the restless all the dark night, some are so young, + 

Some suffer so much, I recall the experience sweet and sad, + 

(Many a soldier’s loving arms about this neck have cross’d and rested, + 

Many a soldier’s kiss dwells on these bearded lips.) + 