THE SINKING OF THE WIMMERA

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14647, 3 July 1918, Page 5

THE SINKING OF THE WIMMERA

The dawn was slowly creeping round, By our fair isles, our seas, and l)ay^. To where the Wimme.ra outward bound, Sped o'er the blue Pacific* waves.

No thoughts of dangeT could havq/crossed The minds nf those "w"ho slumbered there; , None could have droajnt she would he lost. .■^■■r.^,,'.-:.._ _ „ ■ I E'ro daylight biwl^again.r^und; her.

One moment safe**-the next a crash, Told that. destruction was at hand; : ■ ',\ The lights go out no rayi^ .theh^flJjsh, To those, who, .there m danger istSnd.. Some watch her sink beneath thevsea, As those braye ones arer,carried> dfjwfi, Who might have,,, .secured"! itheir'saf^y.. Had they left other ones to : drown., • ■;■■■■ * ' We read with ■ pride of brave deeds done By heroes on -tho battlefieldj; ' " t ." And of Victoria Crossos won..', " ,:; ;r By those who dfwi to others! shield. Yet here, too, on the seas were, wrought The bravest of the bravest deeds,': ' « By those .of who but. for othfers'Mtip.ught Mid perils most appalling needs;*; ■, And. of the many noble things,; . ?v Wliifili at that dreaded time tookj.pjace, One. foremost to ; my mind^ c'erjbrDjgs • The. valor of the -British race. t i -?\] , '■■. ■■' ■ ".:■ : V "•>.■>'■".■ ■ A lady tour scorn years and .teri,rr.-- s »" There stood aside .-md . calmly-; 'sfiJ^:-. : .-'.".• "Help- others first; help, me bttt^% ; heh: The younger are' to stf.fe.ty ; ie'd'i : "v'O. : - : More usfr'she said. thej; -were 'than^-her; ' Not. dreaming her own/use /'w^ivffreat; : For noble riiinds more than compare?,. .'. .With Vigor, youth, or wealth^b:r">£tate. Such souls It is that, ever raise. V ': ' The^, glory of prtat Britajjlni's faniie; Whose children never. ;^haU " -6rj££; -■'■■■': The memory of Grace^ Darllng.'s 1 iiajm'e. The race that can such souls ijrodifte By none shall ever conquered ' 'be; ■'• : Nor shall its pride of. greatriess; ldse In war or jn tranauility. "■:.-. ' - And 5.0 with pride I, take the pen, 'v.' :?■'.' TMs nqble lady's, .words t6 \yriteV . Ana, may they he remembered when^-' Long* years have passed, of peace ;and right, ,/■' . —a. o. Simpson, i, Gisnorne. '•' . i — l^— • ". • ■•■■'■: •