[By arrangement with The London Chronicle]
_As long as faith and freedom last,
And earth goes round the sun,
This stands--the British line held fast
And so the fight was won._
_The greatest fight that ever yet
Brought all the world to dearth;
A fight of two great nations set
To battle for the earth._
* * * * *
_That bleeding line, that falling fence,
That stubborn ebbing wave,
That string of suffering human sense,
Shuddered, but never gave._
_A living line of human flesh,
It quivered like a brain;
Swarm after swarm came on afresh
And crashed, but crashed in vain._
* * * * *
_The world shall tell how they stood fast,
And how the fight was won,
As long as faith and freedom last
And earth goes round the sun._