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一首由牺牲战士妹妹谱写的简单诗歌曾经深刻的描绘了失去自己亲人的痛苦。现在,在这个充满了纪念死去加拿大军人的日子里,诗歌再一次感动了全国人民。
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5 a" y6 Y* u# [9 H诗歌的原稿发现于伦敦Princess Avenue一栋房子内。原先这里住着一对幸福的兄妹。男的叫Gordon McTavish,女的叫Mona McTavish。Mona的孙女回忆到Gordon曾经是一个年轻,帅气,充满活力的男子。对自己的妹妹更是倍加呵护。. t, V* D7 t+ z2 _. y6 r
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第二次世界大战爆发后,Gordon被应征到了加拿大第七皇家工程兵团。1942年8月19日,因为武器走火爆炸,Gordon被击伤,随后送往了英国治疗,但是死于了第二天。
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原诗如下:$ Z' q2 I' Y# w( z0 O- s% \
THIS WAS MY BROTHER
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: _3 `, f/ D/ n$ q, Y2 PThis was my brother ' C+ O! }: B& A% _
2 q6 [8 M$ v9 T3 B4 U1 cAt Dieppe
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Quietly a hero . b: E- {5 X2 v
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Who gave his life 0 U; O5 N& C. G0 \. m) s; {
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Withholding nothing.
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j( ~7 ?2 q& x) l; l/ aHis youth . . . his love . . . ) d+ H' j8 r5 w- C9 {% K! ^# \
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His enjoyment of being alive . . .
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His future, like a book & m7 ~4 [2 j& L$ O/ Q' N
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This was my brother 6 @% I: f8 E" ~1 O
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At Dieppe --
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1 a8 ?0 n1 w% P; b" s0 k' W( MThe one who built me a doll house ; c5 K" j4 y( }% N
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When I was seven, $ V& g! _. T# |1 t
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# ~8 O# A8 t/ W* R8 _0 TNothing forgotten. , g! b& v" L; L; e+ Z
/ Q4 v y* K! S3 a5 w# S7 l( ]+ tHe was awfully good at fixing things, / b4 ~: I4 x6 C: ]% W
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At stepping into the breach when he was needed. 7 d! y% b3 Q3 |
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That\'s what he did at Dieppe; * t* T1 p2 T5 [/ x! C1 p. {
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He was needed. % A. j: B- ~" [) q
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And even Death must have been
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- y" ^/ `* N0 x9 K# YAt his eagerness!
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