Gallipoli

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 February 1916, Page 3

Gallipoli

* We said farewell on a .sunlit day, .A Uuy ioo lor skios Wfro clear ui Uiut tiui© t-t May, But now they are as jet, for my loved one lies tar tar <iw&y, Where shell-borne death he met, ,(Ji. blood-stained soil beyond the sea, . In that distant laud —Uallipoli. And when he went. . . . then 1 tried to shun Pale thoughts that came to mind, But hope sank low with the setting sun, [for down the dark north wind, To fancy caiine the deep-sounding gun; The crunch of war-wheels' grind, O'er brave men's lives wnere Death stalked free, , In that- stricken land — Uallipoli. Life's sun will rise wnen the war drums cease; I The Light shine clear again; [ And broken heartd shall he healed, in | peace. J That over all shall reign; | And Time fn>m grief will give release, j Drv salt tears shed in vain, j P'ov the red stream spilt for you and I me, a. that charnel land—Gallipoli. THE O. L