3Fi«lö-jttarsl)cil Viscount "plumer
BURIED IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
JULY 20TH, 1932
In 5ttemoriam
mmortal YPRES stirred in her lonel? pride,
TAnd marked tl)e passing of a man whose fame
Us linked with hers, and with one other name.
MESSINES stirred too, well knowing one had died
Whose planning, and great leadership defied
©he maw of dark Oblivion—made a claim
On suffrage of the world when as a flame
:At MAFEKING he took the lordly tide.
©hi* not the da?, or time to praise the man
beloved of those who held in War the ©ate,
3dut 1 will praise fyim for the kindest part
Of his firm will, for little things that ran
©hrough ac*5 a5 fibr*5 of his fate,
~And made him loved. Tfe rests at~£ngland's heart.
G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., &c., &c.
R. HENDERSON-BLAND
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