ANZAC.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4824, 24 April 1925, Page 2

ANZAC.

THE TWENTY-FIFTH OF' APRIL. *

This day is Anzac Day ! Made sacred by. the memory Of those who fought and died, and

fought and live, And gave the best that man may give For love of Land. It dawns once

more, And, though on alien sea and shore The guns are silent all, Yet we with pride recall The deeds which gave it immortality. Great deeds are deiathlass things ! The doer dies, but not the deed, And, when upon the fateful April day Our Anzacs, throwing all but love

away, Gave life and limb for Honour’s sake. With Freedom trembling at stake, They lit a beacon-light, Imperishable, bright, That evermore tlie Nation’s soul shall heed.

No'. Peace, not Peace alone Can make a nation great and good, And bring it that full stature,

strength, and grace That lit it. for an age-enduring place In men’s regard. Through storm and strife

It runs to sweet and noble lift-:, For through its .veins there runs The valour of great sons Wuo died to give it stately nationhood. This day ta Anzac Day I Made sacred by the thrilling thought Of those who proved their souls, it

re-appears; Ard thus ’twill dawn, and dawi

through future years, Till-Time our petty deeds efface. And others, dwelling in our place. Tell o’er, with tongue and pen, , The glorious tale again Of how on beach'and crag the Anzacs fought.