IN MEMORIAM.
(GEN. P. R. GUINEY.)
Large heart and brave! Tried soul and true!
How thickly in thy life's short span
All strong sweet virtues throve and grew,
As friend, as hero, and as man
Unmoved by thought of blame or praise,
Unbought by gifts of power and pride,
Thy feet still trod Time's devious ways
With Duty as thy law and guide.
How thickly in thy life's short span
All strong sweet virtues throve and grew,
As friend, as hero, and as man
Unmoved by thought of blame or praise,
Unbought by gifts of power and pride,
Thy feet still trod Time's devious ways
With Duty as thy law and guide.
God breaks no mould so nobly rare
As shrined of old heroic men;
In lives like thine, as pure as fair,
Earth's golden knighthood breathes again
Amid a world of sordid greed,
Of paltry aims, of perjured trust;
With soul as stainless as thy creed
We knew thee strong and pure and just.
As shrined of old heroic men;
In lives like thine, as pure as fair,
Earth's golden knighthood breathes again
Amid a world of sordid greed,
Of paltry aims, of perjured trust;
With soul as stainless as thy creed
We knew thee strong and pure and just.
