"WHEN I AM DEAD"

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 659, 11 October 1933, Page 4

"WHEN I AM DEAD"

holland;s last $ TO BE BURIED HIGH m AMONG THE STORMY HILLS . NO STING IN DEATH The decision to inter the remaijl t^he late Mr. H.. E. Holland ijl Bolton Street Cemetery at 'We» ton is a 'particularly appropriat^l The site chosen is just to the eas« a little below the Seddon McJ and provides a commanding vij the capital city and the harboj there, among the wild winds frc* Straits the soul of the depart&® bour leader should rest in peaj In the dream wishes exprej -final poem in his hook of vers-M titled "When I am Dead" he® such a resting place and asks: ■ •When I am dead * And you who fought the fightJ Shall come to say the last fa® Let no sad funeral dirge bel No "Dead March" played TvitW mai time, K Nor mournful beat of muffled® Before the hearse that beaiM hence; S But let the silver comets wateB The sleeping echoes of the hillsB With vibrant note that shall pr® There is no sting in Dpath io;B No victory the grave hath O not in sorrow shall ye wai® In_ slow procession to my tom® But proudly march as thofl® come k To hail me victor in the fight-B' : When I ara dead: Sj 1 When I am dead ■ 3 Dig me a grave on some higlM i Whose rock walls guard a sea-l ' shore. ■ 3 For I have loved the lofty bill® And loved the wide and rest® And all the years of life I'veB t Were ever lashed by storm an® c By lightning flame and drivi® f And I at close of day would ,® I Where all God's wildest st® ii Earth ■ P Shall thunder repuiems for® When I am dead. ■ ti