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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.
Apr 20, 2015 · These famous, heart-rending words, attributed to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who was a commander of Ottoman forces at the Dardenelles during the first world war and later the founder of modern Turkey,...
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 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.
Apr 24, 2016 · "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old," begins the Ode, which is recited at Anzac Day dawn services and engraved on war memorials and cenotaphs around the nation. The Ode, though, was not the work of an Australian but is the fourth stanza of a poem by Englishman Laurence Binyon.
