Elizabeth Margaret Chandler

“ That met my ear, or thrill'd my heart, in moments long gone by.
In vain with long and frequent draught of every wave I sip,—
A quenchless and consuming thirst is ever on my lip!
The very air that fans my cheek no blessed coolness brings,—
A burning heat or chilling damp is ever on its wings. ”

“ The Soldier's Prayer Garden, in his “Anecdotes of the Revolution,” when describing the
sufferings of the army, mentions the circumstance of a soldier having
earnestly entreated permission to visit his family, which was refused, on
the ground that the same favour must be granted to others, who could not
be spared without weakening the army, whose strength was already reduced
by sickness. ”