HOLY ANZAC—AN ACROSTIC.
H igh on the rock, washed by blue waves, 0 'erlooking scones of world-wide fame, L ie the' -dead bodies of those heroes Ablest, Y o'ung and courageous, who have made their name. ■ A nzac! a name they coined, so fresh and new, X ew, but beloved, while British Empire lasts, Z eph.yrs, blow softly o'er the dear f ; [ones' graves, A nd ilet us' ever keep their meraoriqs ;• green, C ousting their death a stronger tie than anv yet hath been. —M.F.. in Birmingham Weekly Post.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 24, 3 May 1916, Page 6
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90HOLY ANZAC—AN ACROSTIC. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 24, 3 May 1916, Page 6
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