AT MOMENT OF VICTORY.

New Zealand Tablet, 7 August 1919, Page 13

AT MOMENT OF VICTORY.

“Who never art so near to sin and shame As when thou hast achieved some deed of name.’' Newman Dream of Gerontius. If e’er that moment come, as come it may, When thou, my Sold, after stubborn debate Of armed struggle with the hostile state Through their close spears shalt cleave victorious way; Yea, when thou break their strong and cruel array And drive before thee like a roaring spate Them in wild tumult, and at last elate With conqueror’s mien the hard-won field survey: Even then at that high moment draw aside And wrap thee round with silence : yea, expel All sounds of glory and triumphant pride And ponder this dark secret I foretell, — That on that slippery point of time abide Danger and loss and the swift reach of Hell. John Bunker, in Studies.