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ON READING THE SONNET BY R.C.D.,
Entitled ‘In Memoriam, G.P.C.’
Yes! mourn the soul, of high and pure intent,Humane as valiant, in disastrous fight
Laid low on far Majuba's bloody height!
Yet, not his death alone must we lament,
But more such spirit on evil mission sent,
To back our broken faith with armed might,
And the unanswered plea of wounded right
Strike dumb by warfare's brute arbitrament.
And while these deeds are done in England's name,
Religion unregardful keeps her cell:
The tuneful note that wails the dead, we hear;
Where are the sacred thunders that should swell
To shame such foul oppression, and proclaim
Eternal justice in the nation's ear?
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