EARL KITCHENER
I'sfi twins', hero, watchful t<> foresee And face iliy country's peril u heresoe'er. Directing war and pence with equal care. Till by long toil ennobled thou wert he Whom Kngliind call'd and hade *'Set mv liny tree To obey my will and save mv honour fair"--' What day the foe presumed on her despair And she herself had trit.-t in none but thee. Among Herculean deeds the miracle That ma.-s'd the labour of ten years in one Shall be thy monument. Thy work is done Ere we could thank thee: and the high sea swell Surgeth unheeding where thv proud ship tell By the lone Orkneys, ere the set of sun. —Robzbs BBn>Gis,~Fpet» £<Mix«*te,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16300, 5 August 1916, Page 1 (Supplement)
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116EARL KITCHENER New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16300, 5 August 1916, Page 1 (Supplement)
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