"THE WOMEN'S BURDEN."

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 96, 11 May 1900, Page 4

"THE WOMEN'S BURDEN."

Fhom a spirited poem by an anonymous writer, " E.D.," in the leading Indian newspaper, the Pimeer, we take the following lines:—■'

They are slipping down the Channel, they are working down the Bay, The keels that bear the mothers' sons, for whom the mothers pray. From Solent and from Humber, fiom Mersey, Thames and Clyde, The mothers'sons of England go ont on every tide.

And some are for the fighting line, some go to wield the pen, Within the piquets others trade, but all are fighting men; Wearing every badge of service—wearing roue, it's much the same— Even though tbey never know it, they are playing England's game.

And while the sods go trooping forth, to finH, to take, to share The White Man's Burden that we know have they no load to bear Who choke their sob?, and say "farewells," ai.d bide at home and long, Who bore the sons of England—the mothers of the strong 1 What of the mothers' burden, what of their sacrifice ? o*n ye buy their love for a bauble, can ye pay their tears with a price ? Forasmuch as the White Man's Burden is borne by the sous they bear, Unto them let it be counted, they carry their | own full share.