B. HIGGINS

GALLIPOLI: AN EPITAPH

The moan of centuries breaks around these shores,

Whispers of sultry ages, and of woes

Low-trumpeted against the arch of Heaven....

A land that bows beneath the crescent moon

And shrinks within its glinting gaze—is this

The mausoleum of our nation's dead?

Yea, for their glory gathers on this strand!