English poem
Soldier
by James Miller (1860–1947)
Oh! thou hast murder’d me, thou cruel maid! Hear me before I die: I am a Scot, Though drest (I blush to say’t,) in English garb. Take this last token; and, if e’er you meet With Anna Harrison give her this ring; Say ’twas bequeath’d her by a dying sister! I die, die! [He dies.