TOPICS OF THE DAY.
PRO PATRIA. To stand where heroes feud Fair freedom's sanctity May not be.thine; for ivar unfit Thou mayest be, can'stlend A hand in other ways, by duty lit To guard thy country's liberty. God gave us this good land To cherish clemency And rectitude and white-souled j}pace; To give all men a comrade nand; From bondage peoples to release— ' A land that shall be ever tree. Fail not, while kith and kin Front war's red jeopardy For thee and thine and freedoin fair; If on far fields our men shall win, Let us here nobly have a share In crowning peace with victory. —D. W. Macdonald.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11482, 2 September 1915, Page 4
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110TOPICS OF THE DAY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 11482, 2 September 1915, Page 4
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