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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 203, 25 August 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

DESTROYERS. Night on the face of the deep, And the great shells roar and whine, And our shattering blows stn'ke hre Till the read flames, dancing and leaping higher, As a ruddy beacon shine. Nov,- they are slipped from the leash, The lean, black hounds of the sea; Grim stark shapes in tne gloonv Sped on th.'ii- awful mission of doom Straight where the great ships be. Into the jaws of death. Into the tempest of shell. They are hurled who can only die; And, as the ste,-l leviathans iiy, Rock with the raging swell. Soundless their bolt fVes sure: Only a wake of foam From the hurrying death below, Till, with a thunderous roar, the blow Strikes, on the .enemy, home! They have fought, they have paid the price. Where the reddened ocean roils They sink to their resting-place. Lord, of Thine inlinite pity and grace, Have mercy on all brave souls! —TOUCHSTONE.in the -'Daily Mail." Tlie ordinary active life of a locomotive averages fifteen years.