K.L.H. Died of Wounds Received at the Dardanelles

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Title:     K.L.H. Died of Wounds Received at the Dardanelles
Author: Paul Bewsher [More Titles by Bewsher]

Where stern grey busts of gods and heroes old
Frown down upon the corridors' chill stone,
On which the sunbeam's amber pale is thrown
From leaf-fringed windows, one of quiet mould
Gazed long at those white chronicles which told
Of honours that the stately School had known.
He read the names: and wondered if his own
Would ever grace the walls in letters bold.

He knew not that he for the School would gain
A greater honour with a greater price--
That, no long years of work, but bitter pain
And his rich life, he was to sacrifice--
Not in a University's grey peace,
But on the hilly sun-baked Chersonese.

H.M.S. "Manica,"
Dardanelles, 1915.

[The end]
Paul Bewsher's poem: K.L.H.

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