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- In the Halls of Memory. They gave their lives as ransom That we who live be free. They bought us peace and freedom, Nor grudged the utmost price. God grant that we prove worthy Of their great sacrifice.
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You can recite the Ode and other poetry on Anzac Day, Remembrance Day and other important days. We often use well-known wartime poetry. Sometimes students read original works at a school ceremony. We do this to recognise and remember the service and sacrifice of our veterans and serving personnel.
Words of Remembrance; The following was written by Pericles well over two thousand years ago, long before the first ANZAC Day, but only a stone’s throw from Gallipoli: Each has won a glorious grave - not that sepulchre of earth wherein they lie, but the living tomb of everlasting remembrance wherein their glory is enshrined.
In most ceremonies of remembrance there is a reading of an appropriate poem. One traditional recitation on Anzac Day is the Ode, the fourth stanza of the poem For the fallen by Laurence Binyon (1869–1943).
The Ode. The Ode of Remembrance is a poem that is commonly recited at Anzac Day services to commemorate wartime sacrifice. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them.
Apr 28, 2016 · On Tuesday I shared some examples of the same theme in NZ poetry. Today I’m focusing on the ANZAC conflict from the other side; in this case the famous ANZAC Memorial penned by M. Kemal Atatürk in 1934.
The hush of a chill spring morning, The race to the ragged beach, The hail of the searing shrapnel, And the big shells’ angry screech; Up and up to the ridges, Through the bullet-belching brucsh, To the hell pf a fire-girt dawning. And the flame-edged Turkish rush. IV.
16 poems for possible use in memorial services, or "just to assist in understanding what ANZAC Day is all about." War poems (poetrylibrary.edu.au) These poems about the Anzacs and the Anzac campaign are specifically identified in the notes in the left-hand column of the web page: - ANZAC by John Le Gay Brereton - Anzac Park by Thomas Shapcott ...
