VERDUN
The following sonnet is by Father James B. Bollard, the poet priest of Canada:— „ . ' Named by tho Celts of old; a fortress then That .stemmed tho tide of Caesar's bold advance. Full many a. year of high and proud romance Hast thou beheld. The tramp of armed' men Made music round thy moated bastions wlicn The Vandal's and the Goth's invading lance Surged o'er the border into betutcous France, Bringing rudo horde from northern steape and fen! And now to-day another menace nears; Again a self-styled Caesar flings his lost In wrath on thee, who, scorning futile fears, Deflest and bringst to naught, his bloody beast; ■ For, drowned a queen among her mighty peers, Verdun's high fame shall riuj from coast to coaet!
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2837, 31 July 1916, Page 3
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124VERDUN Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2837, 31 July 1916, Page 3
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