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THE DOCTOR, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: If I should lose, think only this of me
Last Line: I'm damned if I'll just be our man in devon.
Subject(s): Brooke, Rupert (1887-1915); Poetry & Poets; Soldiers' Writings


If I should lose, think only this of me:
That there's some lesion, when the wound has healed,
That is for ever bleeding. There shall be
In years to come a larger lust revealed;
A lust to lead that overrides despair,
Though it makes Roy and Bill and Shirley foam
And even drives boy David to declare
That Number Ten is not my natural home.

To think that I will simply sail away,
If all those merger maniacs say 'Yes',
Is to believe there is no God in heaven.
Whatever friends and foes alike may say,
Unmindful of the ego I possess,
I'm damned if I'll just be our man in Devon.





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