PLAY THE GAME.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XL, Issue 11438, 1 December 1915, Page 8

PLAY THE GAME.

We hunger for a sight of them, The School quad, and the pitch, The olden days delight of them Can still our hearts bewitch ! The field whereon the best of us Toward the wicket came, The Captain’s one behest of us—‘‘Play up, and play the game ! ’’When the foeman’s line we’re sundering When the deep-mouthed cannon roll, When the regiments go thundering Toward the splendid goal, Then echoing along with us As fierce we face the flame, We carry still this song with us, ‘ ‘For England! Play the game! ’’The soldier’s life a venture is, And no renown is sure, But this through all the centuries Far-carried, shall endure! When we have passed who sing of it, And light as dust our fame, Still, still the world shall ring of it—‘‘For England) Play the game!” CONSTANCE SMITH.