THE SONG OF THE UNKNOWN HEROES.
Let me sing a song for the hero Who fell unnamed, unknown— The common soldier, lying Beneath no costly stone— Who fought where the foe was strongest And, after the day was done, Was merely among " the missing, Nine hundred and sixty-one." Let me sing a song for the hero Who knelt at the rail to pray, While the boats with the weeping women And children were rowed away— Who, being a man, anil gifted With the strength that God given to men, Was one of the " hundred sailors"
Who will ne'er tread decks again. Let me sing a song for the hero Who, weary, wasted, wan— With disease and the world against him— Toiled hopefully, bravely onj— Who, robbed of earth's choicest pleasures— Could smile as he wrought away, And lies with the unnamed millions
Awaiting the Judgment Day. Let me sing the song of the heroes Who died unknown, unnamed, And my song shall be of the bravest That Death and the grave e'er claimed! And my song shall live the longest Of all the songs e'er sung, And still be the song of heroes When the last sad knell is rung
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11541, 28 November 1900, Page 3
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200THE SONG OF THE UNKNOWN HEROES. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11541, 28 November 1900, Page 3
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