IN MEMORIAM

Patea Mail, Volume XLIV, 4 February 1920, Page 2

IN MEMORIAM

THE BOYS WHO DIED (August i, 101-I—November I], 191 S) By Hal Bcrtc. Broadcast on Dame’s eternal heights Ihe seed they’ve sown is spread, to blossom in the days and nights when you and I arc dead, Nor time nor tide can ever stem the onward march they’ve made ; the debt of honor due to them can never be repaid. And through a mist of blinding tears our * eyes behold with pride an army marching down the years—the serried ranks - who died. They need no cenotaph of atone that ■. rumbles into dust ; their glflry, set on memory’s throne, is England’s sacred trust. Their deeds arc graven on our hearts in words that cannot fade, and (tod alone can foot the bill when all its worth is weighed. They need no epitaph that thrills to blazon forth their fame, for on the Everlasting Hills the Lord has slaked their claim. And when it comes to (tod’s “Last Post’’ the gates will open wide to welcome in a marching host — the serried ranks who died. —“Daily Chronicle.”