IN MEMORIAM.
MAXIMILIAN DUDLEY DIGGES DALISON,
Lieutenant in the Scots Guards.
[_]
Killed in action at the Battle of Hasheen, near Suakim, March 20th, 1885.
Beneath the grey Egyptian sands,
Where the red sun burns out the green,
Here lies, laid down by soldier's hands,
Who died for country and for Queen—
The heart that thrill'd at duty's call,
The voice we ne'er shall hear again;
The gallant form belov'd of all
That fought and fell beside his men.
What though the red wind-driven dust
Heap the rude cross above his grave,
Love has her tears, and faith her trust,
And Christ, his hope, is strong to save.
Sleep well, O Soldier: trumpet tone
Thine ear shall startle yet once more,
When the Great Captain calls His own
Out of all graves by sea and shore.
