«Гвардия идёт на прорыв» (1919). 16. Строки, посвящённые Карло (Перевод)

It is mine – the little chamber, Mine alone. I had it from my forbears Years agone.…

I know not how I know, And yet I know. I do not plan to go, And yet I go.…

There's a banner in our van, And we follow as we can, For at times we scarce can see it, And at times it flutters high.…

Little boy Love drew his bow at a chance, Shooting down at the ballroom floor; He hit an old chaperone watching the dance, And oh! but he wounded her sore.…

Where are those others?—the men who stood In the first wild spate of the German flood, And paid full price with their heart's best blood For the saving of you and me:…

1916Cheer oh, comrades, we can bide the blast And face the gloom until it shall grow lighter. What though one Christmas should be overcast, If duty done makes all the others brighter.1917…

(Being a Sequel to "The Groom's Story" in "Songs of Action")Not tired of 'earin' stories! You're a nailer, so you are! I thought I should 'ave choked you off with that 'ere motor-car. Well, mister, 'ere's another; and, mind you, it's a fact, Though you'll think perhaps I copped it out o' some blue ribbon tract.It was in the days when farmer men were jolly-faced and stout,…

1God's own best will bide the test, And God's own worst will fall; But, best or worst or last or first, He ordereth it all.2For all is good, if understood,…