THE DAY.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 November 1918, Page 2

THE DAY.

The present is a suitable occasion for reprinting the verses entitled ''The Day," written by Henry Chappell, the railway porter of Bath, which attracted much attention in the early days of the war. The, verses referred to are the following:— , You boasted The !Day and you toasted The Day, And now the day has come. Blasphemer, Uraggart, and coward all, Little you reck of the numbing .ball,. The Hasting shell or the "white arm's fall. As they drive poor humana home. You spied for The Day, you lied for The "ay, And work the day's red spleen; Monster who asked God's aid divine, Then strewed His seas with the ghastly mine— Not all the waters of the Rhine Can wash thy foul hands clean.

You dreamed for.The Day, you.6cfi.emed for The Dav, ' ' ' " j YVafclHiow Tlie'Day'HwH' go!' -"., : Slayer, of., age an(l.,....y.quth , ans prime (Defenceless, slain' for never,, a crime)., i'iimi art steeped m..bhjod aa a hog in slime, ~ / J False jYou haw'sown for Tine Diy, you have X Yours Can grotwand the awfiil crioa? fji|; '■ ' | Can vou/|«tf».the heap of' Sain that liep And sightless,' turned sd,.the -flame-spl^t jSliies, ' | 'fhe glassj ?yeS -af tie dead ? ! Yon have 11 wropged \fpr-' 'Hie' have longed f'or-Tlj&e Day That lit the awful fl'hme; ; 'Tis nothing to you that hill and plain Yield-slieftves- - grain, ■ That widows mourn for their loved ones slam, ) And mothers-eurae thjr .name v ! j But after The Day there's a .price to pay For the sleepers under the sod; And He you have mocked for many a dayListen and hear what He has to say: "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay." What can you say to God