FOR THE RACE. BEWARE!
The Ypres Times.
215
Oh men, who live by the grace of other men,
Who, nurtured through a most heroic age
Have come to manhood when the war is done,
To find a rescued world your heritage
You hold a trust still greater than your gain,
You hold the secret of the victory.
Yet is your life so near the horrid years
That men are dumb, and in a chill revulsion
Those who endured the burden and yet live
Tell you the utmost in their soul's demand,
Ask us no more, ah Godlet us forget
Aye, grant them mercy in the gift of Time
But you and your's may not forgetBeware
Great as your heritage, so great your debt
To men that died, to men unborn the same.
A scroll of glory writ in blood and tears
As in a casket locked, and left with you.
A tale o'erwhelming in magnificence
Of high endeavour, struggle, and success,
A harrowing tale of pain and long endurance
Splendid in courage and self-sacrifice,
A tale of how a Nation unprepared
Arose and held enormous force at bay,
And fighting through the years of doubtful issue
By strength God-given won to victory.
This wealth of story is the trust you hold,
The force of great tradition, breeding men.
The spirit of our Dead compels the future
Inspiring and indomitable life.
The time is come to play your part. Beware
For if neglect or sloth should rob the race
Of memory, or blur the vision,Then
The Lord of Hosts is mocked, the Dead betrayed.
Beatrix Brice.
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