The Sign of Anzac.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 29, Issue 33, 1 May 1917, Page 2

The Sign of Anzac.

From “Australian Gam Leaves,” by Murid Beverley Cole. ifcju. o»ai.h«e Cross ! In Australian Brnil,ot:r ol our ypaag land’s sacri*'hinc o'.” w«y and keep oar faith «X.’U P'irt, And g.**-* us our sorrow to endure. Oh, Southern Cross ! How like that other one, Whereon was crucified God’s only Son ; How many only S"-’ns "■ave died that we Might still call ours the Land ol Liberty ! Dear Southern thee and home ’/Jas intermingled till it grew as one, And when strange stars oft wooed thee with bright eyes, Thine, brighter still, looked down from memory’s skies. Than Ansae Cross, what fitter name could be To ma. k our loss and keep their memory— Bach time we saw thee in our Southern skies— A monument of stars, to their great sacrifice t What tho’ they sleep In foreign, unnamed graves, Who died for home and thee ! Their fame, emblazoned on the ‘Anzac Cross,” Shall live eternally I 1