SIGNPOST

Evening Star, Issue 25068, 8 January 1944, Page 3

SIGNPOST

(The British are putting back the sign.s on English roads taken down after Dunkirk, when invasion seemed imminent. —News item.) Nail each freshly-painted sign To its post again— Let it mark the Serpentina. Great West road and lane; Point the way'to marsh and'clowns. Rise by old brick wall, Sentinel the iittle towns, Hamlet, inn, and hall ; Lead to Chagford or to Stoke. Market place or green, Stand beside its beech or oak—• Let its name be seen. Only friendly eyes s'hall read, Friendly feet pass by On to Teal by. ißunnvmede, Blandford,' Bath, or (Rye. Let each signpost be restored To its rightful place, Say for every single board Brief but heartfelt grace. Let it be a symbol of • , One that stood upright On the soil and cliffs we love. Throughout England's night, Like a beacon sign to bear Words that, staunch and few, Challenged brave men everywhere To see freedom through. —Fanny deGroot Hastings, in the American 'Christian Science Monitor ').