WAR NOTES.
PROPHECY FULFILLED:
Long ago 'twas written In the Book of Fate"There shall be a nation. At the Northern Gatej " Strong and proud and silent,. Keeping watch and ward O'er the smaller nations By the strength of I 'sword 1 .! She shall own a navy Like to none on- earth, In huge wooden galleys It shall find its-Dirtily (Sadually changing From the wood'to steely Till in due obeisanceAll the world shall kneel! V"
In this book I'm gazing-, As the summer-sun-Clitters o'er the Channel', Licking ship ami guny Lighting up the- vessels In a glow of gold, And I heed the message Writ in days of old, England is the nation: Fore-ordaihed' to be Keeper of the weaker, Ruler of the- se«; Bravo and' open-hearted, Knowing- love, not hate— With her- mighty navy, Silent, strong and great! ; —E. L. Eyre.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 248, 29 March 1915, Page 6
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141WAR NOTES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 248, 29 March 1915, Page 6
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