REMEMBRANCE

Taranaki Daily News, 25 October 1919, Page 6

REMEMBRANCE

THE LORD'S "WELL DONE." A little mound upon Flanders, and a little cross 'neath the stars, (Vl „ No name, no words til a I might tell us, the way that he earned his scars; A soon-flllcd Klip In the trenches—somewhere ii homestead lone— And a soldier released from duty, who stands at his Master's throne. . •- He fell at the close of the battle, ere victory ye', was won, He feil in the pride of his manhood, for his day's high «oik was done; And the sun shines over his slumber, as it shone since the world began, \nd the birds and the flowers make merry o'er the grave of the flighting man I A man, and a son, to be proud <l, 0' old Grey Mother, was lie, Dauntless and gallant and humble, be questioned not Fortune's decree; # But be cave hia hands for the nation, and be spilled his blood for the land. And though none may sing: of hia deeds, yet ..wo know, and we understand.

We know that for us be labored In the beat of the battle's turmoil, Breaking the ties of his klndrod in tbe mud of the trenches to toll; Braving tho smoke and the thunder—to win at the end of tbe dajr , A little mound upon Flanders, and a little cross In tbe clay.

Ah,, no I With a clearer vision we know tlint Ills death has wroueht Change in the soul of the people who ponder the lesson he taught I Selfless und faithful we see him, ana lest his labour be vain, , Thus must we stand In the future—men—for the sake of the slain.

A little mound upon Flanders, and a little cross neath the stars, . A people ransomed and shriven by the price or Ills bitter scars; A harvest of l'eacc to be cathered on the field where his race was run— This Is Die pay of the soldier —this, and nis Lord's "Well done"!