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Thread #122782   Message #2704369
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
19-Aug-09 - 11:53 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Down in the Engine Room (Edmund Hill)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Down in the Engine Room (Edmund Hill)
Charlie, a couple more that might be of interest to you, I'll post them in a day or two.
Many are quite long, the verse form hard to visualize with music, and some clunkers like "Gladstone, May 18, 1898." First two lines:
Gladstone is dead. The warrior soul at last
Has found escape from suffering bravely borne. .....

"Dargai," about storming the crest at Dargai by the Gordon Highlanders, and the wounded piper who led them to the top, "To an Old Oak Cradle," and "The Locomotive's Complaint," may be of some interest, perhaps others. The volume is dedicated to his dog, Nell; his "To Nell" is worth repetition.

I can't find any details of Hill's life except his professional employment as a mechanical and electrical engineer.