Tread softly here! Go reverently and slow! Yea, let your soul go down upon its knees, And with bowed head, and heart abased strive hard To grasp the future gain in this sore loss! For not one foot of this dank sod but drank Its surfeit of the blood of gallant men, Who for their faith their hope-for Life and Liberty, Here made the sacrifice,-here gave heir lives And gave right willingly-for you and me. From this vast altar-pile the souls of men Sped up to God in countless multitudes: On this grim cratered ridge they gave their all And giving won The Peace of Heaven and Immortality. Our hearts go out to them in boundless gratitude: If ours-then Gods: for all His vast charity All sees, all knows, all comprehends- save bounds, He has repaid their sacrifice:-and we-? God help us if we fail to pay our debt In fullest full and all unstintingly! In rememb rance of My Father Guardsman William M M Rawlins who gave his life for his Country in Anzio Italy on the 11th February 1944 at age 23, Scots Guards, remembered by Michael and Christopher Rawlins
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:11:57 +0000
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