SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.
[May 20, 1895: Fiftieth Anniversary of the Day when the Franklin Expedition set Sail.]
The North returned thee not to British earth.
Whence on that splendid quest thou didst go forth;
But when our British hearts, in sordid dearth
Of pride, forget thy valour and thy worth,
Those hearts must be yet colder than the North.