DE MORTUIS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 217, 13 October 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)

DE MORTUIS.

Our Dead aro far away, Upon their resting-place we may not look, Or loving tribute lay Near to the spot where they the world i'orsool;. With ardent souls and tense They fought their fight and bravely laid them down. And now in fields far hence They scattered lie, their dear names ail unknown. Kgyplinn desert sands. The hills and da'es of France, bedecked with tlowers, Gallipoli's rough strands, Pos-kvs their dust; all other kinds than our>. And we, removed so far, Can only dream of iiow at morn the sun. Or the bright evening star, Alternate shims on them whose task is done. Our 1), ml are far away, And yet they may lie nearer than of yore, Though we no tribute lay I'pon their routing place: nor cull sweet store Of fragrance from the (lowers Our hand-; would lan have planted in the sod; Nor raise fair tre'lUed bowers About tile ground that mark,- those fields of (iod. Our Dead have passed to life, And we may join their glorious company, If in the common strife 'Twist might and Hgh-t we prove our loyalty And hold to ih.il high faith '\Y'"Hi purged their souls of lust and sclfUi pride. And broke the gale, of de.,tli. f : iniling at pain, and drew ihein to Cod's side. UEOKGE DAVIDSON, D.D Uolnide.