KITCHENER OF KHARTOUM

Weep, waves of England! Nobler clay

Was ne'er to nobler grave consigned;

The wild waves weep with us to-day

Who mourn a nation's master mind.

We hoped an honoured age for him,

And ashes laid with England's great;

And rapturous music, and the dim

Deep hush that veils our Tomb of State.