The black-and-white illustration at the top of this postcard is captioned ‘“Home, Sweet Home.”’ and depicts a boy banging a drum while his mother prepares food at the kitchen table. The verse below, headed ‘To My Dear Ones. / The Soldier’s Dream of Home.’, reads: ‘I dreamed a dream the other night, / And it filled my heart with joy; / The Colonel, bless his dear kind heart, / Said “Take seven days’ leave, my boy.” // Just like a rollicking schoolboy, / Who’d been let out to play; / I danced about the dear old camp, / My thoughts were bright and gay. // I’d got my “Kit” and all things ready, / My “Pass” was all “O.K.;” / And nothing seemed to stop me, / On this, for me, “THE DAY.” // My dream was of home and dear ones, / My thoughts keeping time with the train / And of the jolly times we’d have, / Before “stern duty” called again. // But I awoke to the sound of “Reveille,” / Which quite upset my scheme; / So I send FOND LOVE by this postcard / For I found ’twas “Only a Dream.” “Merry and Bright.” appears in the bottom right-hand corner, and ‘Copyright.’ in the bottom left-hand corner, below ‘From’, after which has been written ‘Bordon in Hampshire’ and ‘July 20 16 1916. A message has been written in black ink on the back of the postcard: ‘To Nellie & Little Nancy / With Love From Yours Will’.
A British sentimental postcard

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