MrPunch's history of modern England . WOUNDED^SOLDIERSiAND NIGHTINGALES vSinging pillows for you smoothed, smart and ache and anguishsoothed, By the readiness of feminine invention;Singing fevers thirst allayed, and the bed youve tumbled made, With a careful and considerate attention. Singing succour to the brave, and a rescue from the grave,Hear the Nightingale thats come to the Crimea, Tis a Nightingale as strong in her heart as In her song,To carry out so gallant an idea. 127 Mr. PuncJis History of Modern England This is only one of a whole series of poems—notably onewritten at the time of
MrPunch's history of modern England . WOUNDED^SOLDIERSiAND NIGHTINGALES vSinging pillows for you smoothed, smart and ache and anguishsoothed, By the readiness of feminine invention;Singing fevers thirst allayed, and the bed youve tumbled made, With a careful and considerate attention. Singing succour to the brave, and a rescue from the grave,Hear the Nightingale thats come to the Crimea, Tis a Nightingale as strong in her heart as In her song,To carry out so gallant an idea. 127 Mr. PuncJis History of Modern England This is only one of a whole series of poems—notably onewritten at the time of her dangerous illness in May, 1855—inspired by the Lady of the Lamp, who did not forget, onher side, to acknowledge that the wounded common soldiershad behaved like gentlemen and Christians to their saintship is secure, in spite of the adroit disparagement ofmodern iconoclasts; and the verdict of the common soldier was. Well, Jack, heres good news from home. Were to have a very kind. Maybe one of these days well have a coat to stick it on. happily expressed by a private at a dinner given to Crimeantroops by the people of Folkestone and Hythe in 1856 : Wecannot forget Miss Nightingale—nor can we forget mis-management. Florence Nightingale was not forgotten by the nation; theQueen sent her an autograph letter of thanks and a brooch, butno official recognition was bestowed upon her by the BritishGovernment until 1907, when she was given the Order of for William Russell, Punch laboured in season and out ofseason to secure some public acknowledgment of his humanity 128 Familiar Grievances and courage, but the debt remained unpaid for forty years, andwas then liquidated by a mere knighthood. The Crimean Warwas not a great war, judged by modern standards, but itassuredly was not a picnic, and it abounded in prospectiveplagiarism. Note, for example, the complaint of the treatmentof the
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