IN MEMORY OF CAPTAIN OATES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144086, 3 May 1913, Page 5

IN MEMORY OF CAPTAIN OATES.

“‘I am just going outside, and I may bo some time..’ Ho went-out into tile blizzard, and. we have not seen him since.” But we hare, seen him since, whose soul, intent , , . On 'serving others, took dark death for guide ; . How many a day all suffering did he hide, , A silent prisoner to this body pent, Then, waked once more to find no mes- . sago sent By Heaven’s kind angel, loj he rose and cried; . “Tarry ye here awhile, I go outside, And brave into the blizzard forth he went. Yea, he has gone outside; in larger room Those feet so swift to help in storm and strife Are set to-day; from south to northern Pole The .souls of men are stronger for his soul, ■ . Clear shines the cross in grim Antarctic gloom, And all who die to serve find deathless life. —II. D. Rawnsley, in tho Westminster Gazette.