<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">Australia to England</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line"><span class="smallcaps">By</span> all the deeds to Thy dear glory done,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">By all the life blood spilt to serve Thy need,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">By all the fettered lives Thy touch hath freed,</p><p class="line">By all Thy dream in us anew begun;</p><p class="line">By all the guerdon English sire to son</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Hath given of highest vision, kingliest deed,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">By all Thine agony, of God decreed</p><p class="line">For trial and strength, our fate with Thine is one.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Still dwells Thy spirit in our hearts and lips,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Honour and life we hold from none but Thee,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">And if we live Thy pensioners no more</p><p class="line">But seek a nation's might of men and ships,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:4%">'T is but that when the world is black with war</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:5%">Thy sons may stand beside Thee strong and free.</p></div><p class="byline">Archibald T. Strong</p><p> August, 1914 </p></body></html> · Great War