Versos English W. P. Boyle In Memory

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In Memory

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Nor theirs to triumph yet; but, where they stood, Falling, to dye the earth with brave men's blood For England's sake and duty. Be their name Sacred among us. Wouldst thou seek to frame Their fitting epitaph? Then let it be Simple, as that which marked Thermopylæ:— "Tell it in England, thou that passest by, Here faithful to their charge her soldiers lie."