Versamelde gedigte

War faith

Let us confess the faith that flames

In all our hearts in this our war;

‘We will not brook a power that shames
All that humanity acclaims

Worth living for, worth dying for.

We will not rest until the right

Has triumphed over tyranny,

Nor suffer doubt to dim the sight
Of the declining day-star's light

That shines for us as augury.

Though young, we die that youth may live;

Though old, we live (for age may serve

With the few years it has to give)
To strengthen that for which we strive.

Nor death nor life shall make us swerve.

We will believe the truth that saith,

“Man lives not for himself alone”,

Abiding with our last-drawn breath
The quiet destiny of death

When what we have to do is done.’