MAFEKING VICTORIOUS.
From every lip throughout the Empire vast-~ The free, the glorious Empire, God's owr land — Thanksgiving flows that bloody strife is past, And hearts commune in joy, while han<f grips hand! What victory complete, what valour grand
Can vie with yours, O conqueior! who flung The foenien from you, mighty in jour stand, "Which baffled them, and to their souls deep stung ? O tan-faced soldiers! bleeding, Hunger's own. •
Haggard with care of wives and little oxies, What joyful news to every clime has flown!—
That British bayonets and British guns Have won the day! that God has surely been With you, great hearts, who die for home am Queen ! Charles Usieejis. Dunedin, May 21, 1900.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19000524.2.192
Bibliographic details
Otago Witness, Issue 2412, 24 May 1900, Page 49
Word Count
117MAFEKING VICTORIOUS. Otago Witness, Issue 2412, 24 May 1900, Page 49
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in