Lest We Forget - Volume 8 www.nfld.net/rclnfprovcom 39 Theodore Troke Service #: 5417 Theodore Troke was born on 14th July, 1895. He served with the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. He is deceased. The Lark Above The Trenches All day the guns had worked their hellish will, And all night long With sobbing breath men gasped their lives away, Or shivered restless on the ice-cold clay, Till morn broke pale and chill With sudden song. Above the sterile furrows war had ploughed With deep-trenched seams, Wherein this year such bitter seed is sown, Wherein this year no fruitful grain is strown, A lark poured from the cloud Its throbbing dreams. It sang - and pain and death were passing shows - So glad and strong; Life soared triumphant, through a myriad men Were swept like leaves beyong the livingʼs ken, That wounded hope arose To greet that song.
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