Verses of a V. A. D.

by Vera Brittain

29 chapters41mEnglish1918

About this book

This is a collection of poems by Vera M. Brittain, an Englishwoman, who served in World War I as a member of the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD). She worked as a nurse during the war. These poems are based on her wartime experiences. - Summary by mleigh

Chapters (28)

1August 1914

2St. Pancras Station, August 1915

3To a Fallen Idol

4To Monseigneur

5The Only Son

6Perhaps——

7A Military Hospital

8Looking Westward

9Then and Now

10May Morning

189

11The Two Travellers

12Roundel

13The Sisters buried at Lemnos

118

14In Memoriam: G.R.Y.T.

15A Parting Word

16To My Brother

101

17Sic Transit——

18To Them

19Oxford revisited

20That which Remaineth

21The German Ward

136

22The Troop-train

23To my Ward-sister

24To another Sister

25“Vengeance is Mine”

121

26War

27The Last Post

28The Aspirant

Verses of a V. A. D.

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