FREEDOM'S BATTLE.
O men of the Isles of Britain— Blest isles, which are Freedom’s home ! O men of that Greater Britain In far lands beyond the foam ! Knights are ye in Freedom’s army, Fighting her most deadly foes ; Whilst around you, to protect you, Liberty her aegis throws. This is the War of the Ages, Whose fame lives in minstrel song, For ’tis Freedom’s ceaseless battle Against tyranny and wrong. In it, of old, your fathers fought— Peerless knights, and true, were, they; Freedom’s heritage they left you ; Guard it, keep it, while you may ! From the ravaged plains of Flanders, From the war-swept fields of France, Where our sons’ heroic valour Stays the Huns in their advance ; From the soundless depths of ocean, ’Neath the highways of the sea, Where their drowning victims' anguish German pirates watched with glee; Comes the cry, insistent, bitter, With an all-compelling sound— Ah! Thank God ! You’ve heard and hastened From the Empire’s utmost bound. Smite to earth these Teuton tyrants! Stay their hands, wbate’er the cost! You shall triumph; for, remember, Freedom’s cause is never lost! —Robey F. Eldridgk, in the Empire Review,
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1506, 5 February 1916, Page 4
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190FREEDOM'S BATTLE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1506, 5 February 1916, Page 4
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