War, the Liberator, and Other Pieces/Beaumont-Hamel (Three Battles)
Beaumont-Hamel, November 16th, 1916
BUT the North shall ariseYet again in its strength;Blood calling for bloodShall be feasted at length.For the dead men that lieUnderneath the hard skies,For battle, for vengeanceThe North shall arise.
In the cold of the morningA grey mist was drawn Over the wavesThat went up in the dawn,Went up like the wavesOf the wild Northern sea;For the North has arisen,The North has broke free.
Ghosts of the heroesThat died in the wood,Looked on the killingAnd saw it was good.Far over the hillsidesThey saw in their dreamThe kilted men charging,The bayonets gleam.
By the cries we had heard,By the things we had seen,By the vengeance we tookIn the bloody ravine,By the men that we slewIn the mud and the rain,The pride of the NorthHas arisen again.