Carry On!

CARRY ON!
By VIRNA SHEARD
PUBLISHED UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE OF THE IMPERIAL ORDER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE EMPIRE IN AID OF THE RED CROSS
TORONTO: WARWICK BROS. & RUTTER, LIMITED 1917
COPYRIGHT, CANADA, 1917
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We acknowledge with thanks the kindness of The Globe , Toronto, for permission to use Carry On, The Young Knights, The Watcher, October Goes, Dreams, The Cry, A War Chant, To One Who Sleeps, The Requiem and The Lament, to Saturday Night , Toronto, for permission to use Before the Dawn, and to The Canadian Magazine for permission to use When Jonquils Blow. The other poems have not hitherto been published.
CONTENTS

That all freedom may abide Carry on! For the brave who fought and died, Carry on! England's flag so long adored Is the banner of the Lord— His the cannon—His the sword— Carry on, and on! Carry on!
Through the night of death and tears, Carry on! Through the hour that scars and sears, Carry on! Legions in the flame-torn sky,— Armies that go reeling by,— Only once can each man die; Carry on!
For the things you count the best, Carry on! Take love with you,—leave the rest— Carry on! Though the fight be short or long, Men of ours—O dear and strong— Yours will be the Victor's song, Carry on—and on! Carry on!