MOTHERS OF HEROES .
God and the Right were calling , • W% v could riot bid them stay Who never stopped to count th e co3t WliQ^.fpught ..and ;f§%—t lie/. bpy^ we'ye /' lost-¥-';.,_jf. ."',/i'". v r .|. '-"\~- '■"!;'.'■■ '-"^ - But'thofee who las^'riiusi pay^ . _•;' : -.•*».. ."'---fci '.v.'-* '.: .'*'-- Were paying \by instalments, A lrttlevevprjji.dayr,- .'• vn. »;•.<* <«+-:'«>.■ We 'pay in tears; in sleepless nights, ' In papi that rends, remorse that blights. Arid bear.it as we. may. '• *..'-. •• : It 13 the. part. of mothers' . ~~~ To 'beaiv and smiling, hear, The *• trials no orie N else need know.. The anguish none can. share. ■M : -.; * ; :• '♦.'■' * " , ' • But every' hero, /looking down, Will front his laurels weave the crown ' A, mother's .head may wear.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 1407, 1 June 1916, Page 5
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108MOTHERS OF HEROES. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 1407, 1 June 1916, Page 5
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