THE REVEILLE.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 290, 6 July 1917, Page 4 (Supplement)

THE REVEILLE.

Hark ! 1 hear tin tramp of thou 'ands., And of armed men th<' hum: Lo! A nation's hosts have gathered Bound the iji;>k alarming" drum Saying, "Come, Freemen, conic! Ere your heritage be wasted," s:.id the ouick-alaruiing drum. • Let me of my heart t".ke P2" nee '> War is not of life the sum: Who shall stav and imp the harvest When the autumn day* shall comer" But the drum Evhoed. "Come, Death shall reap the braver harvest," said the solemn sounding drum. •But "Inn won the coining battle. What 01' profit spring therefrom? What of conquest, .11 bj ligation, Even greater ills become?" But the drum Answered. "Come! Y.i must do the sum tc prove it," s'aitl the Yankee un-.-vcring drum. "What if 'mid tin- camion's thunder, Whistling shot and bursting bomb, When my brothers fall around me. Should mv lu ait grow cold and numb?" But the drum An-weieil. "(Vine! Better tiiere in death united Mian in lite :; !< Tc.lllt. Conic!" Thus tbev answered, hoping, leaving Some in faith, and doubting s^me, Till ,-i trumpet \oi«e pro -iaimiiig Said. "Mv cho~en p'oijlc. come." i'lien til d.lini I o! was dumb. For the sires.t heart il the nation tlmibbing. an wciel. " burl, wi <ome !" BRET HAUTE.