"IF WE BUT TRY."
All things lunged for in youth, Beautiful things of truth, .\re founil hefoi'G we din, If we I>lll try. This building that we see So fair, ouch seemed (o bo Beyond .ill imping for Here, on Thames shore. How many millions tried, How many millions died, To bring tliis change of heart To England's art? 0 happy you who are young, Speaking the Knglisli tongue, Whose art shall light and aid England remade. England, our holy land. Made beautiful, made grand, O you young souls," what joy For girl and hoy. May this new home of yours (Jive England what endures, Beauty, wisdom, and truth, For ever youth. - O strivers here beginning, What glory for your winning, The England none now knows, Who wore the rose. —Mr. John Masefield, Poet Laureate, in a dedication to a new theatre opened under the auspices of the British Academy of Dramatic Art.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21100, 6 February 1932, Page 9 (Supplement)
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153"IF WE BUT TRY." New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21100, 6 February 1932, Page 9 (Supplement)
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