VERSES OF A V.A.D.
VERSES OF A V.A.D
BY
VERA M. BRITTAIN
(V.A.D. London/268, B.R.C.S.)
Foreword by MARIE CONNOR LEIGHTON
ERSKINE MACDONALD, LTD.
LONDON, W.C.1
All Rights Reserved
First published August 1918
DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
ROLAND AUBREY LEIGHTON
Lieutenant, Worcestershire Regiment
DIED OF WOUNDS NEAR HÉBUTERNE
December 23rd, 1915
“Good-bye, sweet friend. What matters it that you
Have found Love’s death in joy, and I in sorrow?
For hand in hand, just as we used to do,
We two shall live our passionate poem through
On God’s serene to-morrow.”
R. A. L.