H.M.S. EXETER
By
Humbert
Wolfe
The poem below, one of the last written by Humbert Wolfe just before he died, was based on the following paragraph about a hero of H.M.S. Exeter in the Battle of the Plate: "One man with both legs shot away said on inquiry that ‘he was not doing too badly under the somewhat adverse circumstances.’ " Ahoy, Sir Francis in your "port of heaven!" Some of the crew of Exeter have come On shore-leave, and the Admiral of Devon May wish to pipe them, after battle, home. They fought their ship in the old Armada way, Slap into danger and to all death’s chances. And "did not do too badly on the day Under the somewhat adverse circumstances." Nor you, nor they, Sir Francis, need to boast, Who did not even wish the world to know Of all that man can do they did the most. They fought great odds, they conquered and they go.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 48, 24 May 1940, Page 2
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159H.M.S. EXETER New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 48, 24 May 1940, Page 2
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