IN MEMORIAM
NEW, ZEALAND'S FALLEN: SONS',. Far from New Zealand's lofty hills, Tar from tlie rushing, sparkling rills. :Far from rata and kauri tree, These all, alas! no mora you'll see— ; i Sleep New; Zealand's fallen sonsl .Your heroic deeds will never fade. Though 'neath the Turkish sky you're laid, . In the grim battle's din you fell Fighting desperately and well— Sleep New Zealand's fallen sons! Far from the farm and nestling home, Far from scones where you used to roam, l'ar from all you loved so d«ir, ■The tui's song no more you**]! hear—r Sleep New Zealand's,fallen sons!'> ' .'Tour gallantry has stirred our race, You each liavo won an honoured place:' You died defending -British laws, You fell in a. most rightjsus causeSleep Now Zealand's fallen sonsl Far from New Zealand's natal strand, Far from , that dear and lovely land, Far from the liver and the plain, For right yon fought and you -.vere slain— Sleep New Zealand's fallen sons! For God; your King, and countrv's right, Bravely as soldiers did you fight, And carved high 'on tho scroll of fame Illustriouß'New Zealand's • Sleep New Zealand's fallen sons! • _ PETER GEOBGESON, Wellington. ■ ■
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2504, 3 July 1915, Page 10
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192IN MEMORIAM Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2504, 3 July 1915, Page 10
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