<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">Vale</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">WE'VE wander'd by the well-lov'd ways</p><p class="line">That burgeon with remembrances</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">Of time that's flown:</p><p class="line">Our song is low,--a farewell song,--</p><p class="line">But its theme shall linger with us long,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">Loud blown from out thy breezes, Sedbergh,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">To our hearts from out thy breezes blown.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">We've seen thee smile and sternly frown;</p><p class="line">Or grief or joy becomes thy crown,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">Shine-, shadow-dress'd:</p><p class="line">Our eyes have drain'd the cup to-day,</p><p class="line">But the wine shall ever with us stay,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">So press'd from out thy vintage, Sedbergh,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">Unto Time from out thy vintage press'd.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Yon kindly peaks, yon fells have seen</p><p class="line">Our pleasure, toil, and striving keen,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">The songs we've sung:</p><p class="line">But Time shall spend his treasuries</p><p class="line">Or ever the wingèd Spirit dies,</p><p class="line">Far flung from out thy bosom, Sedbergh,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">To the world from out thy bosom flung.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">O shrouded in the mystic Word,</p><p class="line">Thou queenly Servant of the Lord,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">Accept, nor scorn:</p><p class="line">Sung by the lordly trump of fame,</p><p class="line">Shall rise the glory of thy Name</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">Proud borne upon thy banner, Sedbergh,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">To the stars upon thy banner borne.</p><p><em>July</em>, 1912.</p></div></body></html> · Great War