PRO PATRIA

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2285, 20 October 1914, Page 6

PRO PATRIA

England, in this great fight to which you go Because, where Honour calls you, go you must, Be glad,, whatever comes, at least to know You have your quarrel just. Peace was your care; before the nation's bar ■ Her cause you pleaded.and hor ends you sought; But not for her sake, being what you are, Could you be bribed and bought. .. ■ - Others may spurn the pledge of land to land, May with the bra to sword stain a gallant past; But by the seal to which you set your hand, Thank God, you still stand fasti Forth, then, to front that peril of the deep With smiling lips and in your eyes the light, • Steadfast and confident, of those who keep Their storied scutcheon bright.. And we, whose b'urden is to watch and wait-High-hearted ever, strong in faith and prayer, Wo ask what offering we may consecrate, What humble service share? To steel our souls against the lust of ease; i To find our welfare in tho general good; To hold together, merging all degrees' In one wide brotherhood;— To teach that he who saves himself is lost; To bear in silence though our hearts may bleed; To spend ourselves, and never count the For others'greater need;— ~~™ To go our quiet ways, subdued and eane; . To hush all vulgar clamour of the street; With level calm to face alike the strain Of triumph or defeat;— •■ This be our part, for so we serve you best, So best confirm their prowess and their pride, jYour warrior sons, to. whom in this high test i Our fortunes we confide.. '" ,■ .'.'.. .• r-0. S., in "Punch. , *