ARMISTICE DAY

Hokitika Guardian, 10 November 1923, Page 2

ARMISTICE DAY

A KIBIJ.NG ROEM. AUSTRALIAN ANI. N. 7.. CABLE ASSOCIATION. LONDON, Nov. S. Air Rudy ard Kipling has handed the Australian' Dress Association the fotliwing poem, written for the Cenotaph

ceremonial on Armistice Hay. It comprises seven verses, of four hues each, the eighth verse Inning live hues. The second line is exactly the same in all the verses. The title is "London Stone.” "LONDON STONE.” When you come to London town. [ Grieving!—Grieving 1] Bring your flowers and lay them down, At the place of grieving. When you come to London stone, f Grieving! -Grieving 11 i;.iw your Jietul and mourn your own With the others grieving. For those minutes let it wake—- ( Grieving I —Grieving! i AH the empty heart and ache That isn't cured by grieving. Eur those minutes, tell not he—- ] Grieving!—Grieving 1J "Grave, this is thy victory And tin l sting ol death is grieving. Where’s our help from earth or Heaven [Grieving!—Grieving!] To comfort us for what we’ve given, And only gained the grieving? Heaven's too far, and earth too near. [Grieving.'—Grieving 1! But our neighbour's standing Imre Grieving as we're grieving. What's this burden every dav? [Grieving!—Grieving! | Nothing mine can count or weigh. But loss and love’s own grieving.

What's the tie betwixt u- two. | Grieving! t • lowing ! 1 Tiiat- must last our whole lilc through: "As I suffer so do you.” That mav ease the grieving. —REDVARD KIPLING. [Copyright, 1923, by Rtulyard Kipling in the U.S.A.]