LORD KITCHENER.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 187, 30 June 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

LORD KITCHENER.

His heart and will and brum, ail ftwod in one, He nought attempted, but at length was demo; Alike iiis power 01 dining, torceiul will, , ... And high finesse of diplomatic -kill. Ail through his life his country s good in view, , He .trove to serve her all the best he knew. Twice has he bawd her by lis driving power , . .. . From impending rum m the latetul hour: , . While anxious factions raged throughout the land, And weathercocks possessed supreme command, He forced the nation, half against its will, To rouse its/if to arm-, and drill, and drill: i'. rnicd while Tune's fiercest war convulsed the world, Mi'hms oi well-trained men to rranco he hurled; H : 0 countrv snatching irom the jaws ' of Fate. .. And Europe from being made a servile State; \.ud all New Zealand from being made to feci , . Tec brutal impress of the German heel. Down in the depths his body lies at Whore "the Orkney Islands face the crimson west: While t l ,rough the world resounding is bis fame, Revered and spotless Ins immortal name ; With Wellington that name will hallowed be. The Nation's saviour in extremity.