Of those days in France is mainly

One big blur of mingled P.T.,

Arm drill, long straight roads and marches.

Many miles my Tiadatha

Tramped along those endless highways.

Endless as a winter’s evening,

Straighter than the wife of Cæsar,

Fringed with trees all apple-laden,

Apple-laden till the Dudshires

Had a short fall-out beneath them.