WHAT HAS BRITAIN DONE?

What has Britain done?

Kept the faith and fought the fight

For the everlasting right:

Chivalrously couched her lance

In defence of Belgium, France--

This has Britain done.

What has Britain done?

Given every seventh son,

Met the challenge of the Hun:

Placed her men on every field,

Proud to die, too proud to yield--

This has Britain done.

What has Britain done?

Answers every far-flung breeze

Blown across the seven seas:

"Watch and ward secure she keeps,

With vigilance that never sleeps"--

This has Britain done.

What has Britain done?

On every front, her flag unfurled,

Fought a world-war round the world:

Then, when all is said and done,

Ask her Allies, ask the Hun,

"What has Britain done?"

What has Britain done?

For her slain Britannia weeps--

She might boast who silence keeps.

But, when all is done and said,

Call the roll and count her dead,

And know what she has done.

REV. F. B. HODGINS

_By permission of the Author_