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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 238, 29 December 1916, Page 3

THE IMMORTALS. I gave my boy a book, in which he read The matchless tales that hallow English ground ; The high endeavour, and the combats dread Of peerless Arthur and bis Table Bound. Of Camelot, Tintagel, Joyous Gard; Of mighty battles 'gainst the Paynim fought, Of sacred quests, long trysts, achievements hard, And of Excalibur, the fairy wrought. Of Launcelot's error and his shame and grief, Of Mordred's treachery, the fair queen's pain, Of Arthur's passing, and the sure belief, Hen have that he will come to us again. Then lifting up his eyes of earnest blue — Such eyes Sir Galahad sure had of yoreHe cried: " Oh, father!—if it were but true, "And Arthur and his knights could come once more." Boy, it is true, they came in England's need; They were not dead, but waiting for their day; From every British land the lion's breed, Gentle and simple, hastens to the fray. Arthur sits planning at Headquarters Staff, And Launcelot leads a furious bayonet charge, Driving the foeman as the wind the chaff, And heedless of the odds, however large. Tristram o'ersoars the battle, and is In a lone list'ning-post Gawame lies down ; Bors bombs the Boch.es; youthful Galahad Smiles as he buckles on his first Sam Browne. Gareth, the constant-hearted and the gay, Fercivale, Bedevere and Sagramore, Are doing deeds of derring-do, while Kay Serves out the plum and apple jam from store. And thus, my boy, with sacrifice divine, Her liberties, Old England's children save, And bid us mould anew the poet's line—- " The path of glory leads but to the grave." The path of glory leads them to the The lamp of honour guides them like a star; All heav'n is beckoning to the souls that rise Above their tremors in this holy war. So stands our England sturdy as of yore, Her pulses calm, her sacred mission plain ; Nay, stronger, sterner, sturdier than before, Now Arthur and his knights are come again. —Clive Wily. POKENO BUTCHERY. CLASS BROS. Beg to notify that they have opened a Branch Business at } 0 K EN 0 (near the Railway Btation) and the same is under the management ot Mb F. Day, of Auckland. Papakura Steam Joinery Factory. (Established 1885.) Richardson Bros., Ltd. PAPAKURA JOINER* OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS MADE FROM WELL SEASONED TIMBER. Give us a Trial: We Guarantee Satisfaction. Undertakers and Funeral Directors Agents fob : North British Insurance Coy. Telegrams: RICHARDSON BROS PAPAKURA. (Telephone No. 6i| W. J. DEEBLE BUTCHER • TUAKAU. For choice cuts of high standard quality, go to the Butcher on the Hill, wbero a continuous ' supply of fr<*sh meat arrives daily. . , Carts dci.c to all-parts of