THE GIANT OF THE SEA.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 64, 15 March 1919, Page 17

THE GIANT OF THE SEA.

Beside the sea a Giant stands With dented shield, but stainless hands; His wonnds are sore, but unafraid Mc grawps his full victorious blade, And gazes out upon the sea Xo welcome Peace and Victory. Across the North Sea"s stormy breast A mighty column, steaming west, With vulture ensigns waving high* Now darkly looms against the sky. The high seat; licet of beaten Hun, Whose craven race is fully run, Comes forth, at Inst, from hiding place To meet his 'Tag" full face to face. Since first the flight of Time began, (iSince first wild beasts made war on man, 'Since first old ocean rolled afar, No man e'er saw such end of war! ißcat down at sea by England's flgat, Beat up on land 'by Allied might. The foe o f freedom went to smash With sudden and resounding crash; The world, amazed, stood etill to view Tse Hun blow up, so high he blew. The G'ant stood beside tne sea That British power had rendered free, And saw in crushing victory The flightless war ships of the Hun Delivered without sound of gun. Mile after mile of ships afar — By courtesy called ships of "war" — Kwain into range of Allied guns. And. tiilent all, the craven Huns With joy ran down their vulture Sags, 'U.'-id to yield up those useless rags, Olad to escape on that dread sea Another Jutland victory. Oreat honour unto Britain be Whose gallant heroes held the sea for weary weeks and months and years, In silence grim, devoid of fears, Determined that the end 6hould show A beaten and well-punished foe. Slack not, oh Ally, at the last In taking vengeance for the Past: Take eye for eye and tooth for tooth, And give the Hun his own dread ruth. That. only, can he understand. And t.ike to heart from o ut your hand. Maintain your Xavy'e guarantee Of world-wide freedom of the sea. The Huu is now your deadly foe; When he can strike, beware the blow. Now that you've done him very brown, Now that you've downed him, keep him down! By WILLIAM T. IHORNADAY, in tne "Sew York Herald."