 | Easter Lilies for nineteen hundred and fifteen |  |
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‘Hold on!’
Stout be your hearts, and fail not
As the fitful battle sways!
Strong be your souls, and quail not
Though victory long delays!
Hold on, my brother,
This day and another!
These be thy Judgment Days!
As the fitful battle sways!
Strong be your souls, and quail not
Though victory long delays!
Hold on, my brother,
This day and another!
These be thy Judgment Days!
Weary and heavy-hearted,
With the joy of battle spent,
And the light of the eyes departed
As friend or comrade went;
Hold on, my brother,
This day and another!
This is God's Tournament.
With the joy of battle spent,
And the light of the eyes departed
As friend or comrade went;
Hold on, my brother,
This day and another!
This is God's Tournament.
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Ye too, with eyes drained tearless,
Who watch across the seas,
And toil through long days cheerless,
Or pray on weary knees!
Hold on, my brother,
This day and another!
Thy proof-days too are these!
Who watch across the seas,
And toil through long days cheerless,
Or pray on weary knees!
Hold on, my brother,
This day and another!
Thy proof-days too are these!
| Easter Lilies for nineteen hundred and fifteen | |