FROM A NEWSPAPER.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 765, 24 July 1916, Page 6

FROM A NEWSPAPER.

l>mn the steps <il stone Tin -re shun! a woman of Frauc^ In tliiit wilil tumult alone. With st.un race of tram a, Thr mother of four nun. I Noble and fair of niolil. Full or Coifs life- anil thru Made h> a moment old. Kver with sob an.! rrj , Hounil lier the women swept J No tear slo.il in her eye: Nor saw she them that wept. Hut she saw as from afar The lace of France the Fair, Ouee:i!\. with many a star lila/iiiK from her hair. She saw the fair face Wherefore men ask to ilia. Full or truth ami Krace. Smiling supreme on high. She saw the white hand Whereby immortal rise A spiritual hand From the nil sacrifice And the Mother of Hrp.es hint In her immortal ken. Out or her firmament. To the r.-et ..r the mother of men. . . , A voice from the crowd "It is well With th\ boys-are they safe? Uas\ read?" A proud tear fell; ••Thr> are safe." sh. -aid. - 11 Fstlin ('.iimmiufls, in the New York •'livening l'ost.**