Verse for To-day
I vow to thee viy country—all earthly things above — Entire and whole and perfect, the .! •>. •/ my. love, The love that asks no questions, the love that stands the test, That lays upon the altar the dearest and the best; The love that never falters, the love that pays the price, The love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice. From “I Vow to Thee My Country,” by Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice, 1859-1918. [Written in 1918 at Washington on the eve of relinquishing his post there as British Ambassador and a month before his death.]
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27041, 28 March 1949, Page 1
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96Verse for To-day Otago Daily Times, Issue 27041, 28 March 1949, Page 1
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