Florence Nightingale : a biography.

  • Annie Matheson
Date:
1913
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Florence Nightingale : a biography. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material is part of the Elmer Belt Florence Nightingale collection. The original may be consulted at University of California Libraries.

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    ' She's gone ?' he said; * she too ? In camp We called her the Lady of the Lamp.' He would not listen to what I read, But wanted it certain—* The Lady's dead ? * I showed it him to remove his doubt, And added, unthinking, ' The Lamp is out.' He rose—and I had to help him stand— Then, as he saluted with trembling hand, I was abashed to hear him say, * The Lamp she lit is alight to-day.' F. S.
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