The Englishman

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 December 1915, Page 3

The Englishman

An inspiring tiibute tu the chivalry oi the Englishman is contained in the 10l lowing poem by Miss Ella Wheelei \\ iicox, the famous American pOClebS. iioiJi in the flesh, and t>re<l in the bone, f Some of us harbour btill A New World pride; aiul we flauul, or hide, J lie Spirit ol" Bunker ilill. Or a self-created clau, We claim' our race as a separate race, .Till there comes a day when we like to say '' \\ e are tho kin of the Enftlbnman." For under the front that seems &o cold, And the voice that is wont to storai, We Are certain to find a big broad mindi, And a heart that is sott and warm. And they carry their woes in a lordly way, As only the great souls wita; •And it makes us glad, when in truth we say "We are kin of the Englishman." Ho slams his door in the face of tie world, If he thinks the world too bold; J9o will even curse, but his opens his purse To the .poor, and the sick, and the old. He is slow in giving to woman the vote, And slow to pick up her fan ; But ho gives her room in an hour of doom And lie dies—like an 'Englishman.