THE LIVING AND THE DEAD
survivors of a glorious patriot band In thousands told (who hastened at . . the call Of strangled Liberty, to break the thrall W tyranny enthroned in northern land) 10-dy behold again their native strand: Wounded and worn by pestilence withal, Broken in strife from Hellespont to Gaul, .... .• . .- .Heroesiwe hail them; victors proved they ,r,stands - - . " Yet to those absent ones our thoughts , - enlarge". •: , -..In smell of pride, the while we mourn •dear braves , • , - „ - Whose bones lie bleaching past the desert marge, 'Whose blood has consecrated sands and waves; Ten thousand miles of bloody entourage . 'In Freedom's train throws glory 011 their graves. GEORGE POWI'CK BROYVN. YYellington, March 15, 1919. ■
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 146, 15 March 1919, Page 8
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112THE LIVING AND THE DEAD Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 146, 15 March 1919, Page 8
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