Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 135
By Marguerite Tracy. We wear no medals on our breasts for gallant battles won:No pension-bureau offers us reward for service done.Yet no one of Napoleons, nor one of Caesars host,Has made himself a record such as even I can boast. Toy soldiers must work harder than real troops, you see;A march of… … And now that I m forgotten and no longer fit to roam,I wish some kindly boy would found a poor Toy Soldiers Home.
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