Season 1 · Episode 26
St. Pancras Station, August 1915 by Vera Brittain
One Poem Only · Maggie Devers
May 26, 20251m 37s
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Show Notes
St. Pancras Station, August 1915
Vera Brittain 1893 – 1970
One long, sweet kiss pressed close upon my lips,
One moment's rest on your swift-beating heart,
And all was over, for the hour had come
For us to part.
A sudden forward motion of the train,
The world grown dark although the sun still shone,
One last blurred look through aching tear-dimmed eyes—
And you were gone.
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