LAND of our Birth, we pledge to… Our love and toil in the years to… When we are grown and take our pla… As men and women with our race. Father in Heaven who lovest all,

The wrecks dissolve above us; thei… Down to the dark, to the utter dar… There is no sound, no echo of soun… Or the great grey level plains of… Here in the womb of the world —her…

Offshore where sea and skyline ble… In rain, the daylight dies; The sullen, shouldering swells att… Night and our sacrifice. Adown the stricken capes no flare—

’TWAS Fultah Fisher’s boarding—… Where sailor-men reside, And there were men of all the port… From Mississip to Clyde, And regally they spat and smoked,

I HAD some friends—but I dreamed… Who used to dance with lanterns ro… Green and white lanterns that wave… But I haven’t seen a Firefly sinc… I had some friends—their crowns we…

IT IS always a temptation to an… To call upon a neighbour and to sa… “We invaded you last night– we are… Unless you pay us cash to go away.… And that is called asking for Dan…

I’m 'ere in a ticky ulster an’ a b… A—layin’ on the sergeant I don’t… My shirt’s doin’ duty for jacket,… An’ I’m learnin’ the damned old g… Back to the Army again, sergeant,

When the cabin port-holes are dark… Because of the seas outside; When the ship goes wop (with a wig… And the steward falls into the sou… And trunks begin to slide;

Much I owe to the Lands that grew… More to the Lives that fed— But most to Allah Who gave me two Separate sides to my head. Much I reflect on the Good and th…

OUR King went forth on pilgrimag… His prayers and vows to pay To them that saved our heritage And cast their own away. And there was little show of pride…

WE’ RE foot—slog—slog—slog—slogg… Foot—foot—foot—foot—sloggin’ over… (Boots—boots—boots—boots—movin’ up… There’s no discharge in the war! Seven—six—eleven—five—nine—an’—twe…

WHO recalls the twilight and the… (Violet peaks uplifted through the… And the clink of iron teacups and… And the faces of the Sisters with… (Now and not hereafter, while the…

Wot makes the soldier’s ‘eart to p… It isn’t standin’ up to charge nor… But it’s everlastin’ waitin’ on a… For the commissariat camel an’ 'is… O the oont*, O the oont, O the co…