TO FRANCE.
Once more, oh daughter of the gods, vcm risel . ~ . .... Once" more you fling athwart, the The gleaming beacon of the bright, hare sword; • Once more you draw from yom mortal hoard The ranks of heroes who match on t Tho 1 °bloody heritage of dreamless Once more your siren lips give martial As they re-echo “Victory oi death.
Oh, world onehantressAff oternal w nose priceless citadel still • * Holdihg 1 above all flowing blood and You blest visions through the Your' shrines are lighted with wars You?° Milages crimson funeral Across 1 the fields and gardens of your Like^ 1 pestilence the foreign horsemen ride !
Once more, oh daughter of the gods, Up from 'th!> rooming of your careless Gird armour, bind your ff°" Break wild night of tempest and despair i .iv With tho gold summons ol yom dca That 6 fifee'll naught, that liberty is Ureat glowing queen of tragic circumGod S spced your banners, fair, hei m< ia n C< (_l_y x .olyn 0 lyn Louise Everett. —“Life.” ‘
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4004, 10 August 1915, Page 3
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172TO FRANCE. Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4004, 10 August 1915, Page 3
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