But in one grand mad moment burst
From glorious life to glorious Life....
These twenty years ago and more,
'Mid purple heather and brown crag,
Our whole school numbered scarce a score,
And three have fallen for the Flag.
* H. P. P.—F. M. J. W. A. C. St. Ninian's, Moffat, 1879-
1880; South Africa, 1899-1900.
You two have finished on one side,
You who were friend and foe at play;
Together you have done and died;