Poem - May Kidson

Envoi

By May Kidson

First Anzacs on the Quest, we hail you – Hail!

To those who living bear the shield of Fame –

To those Beyond – on Higher Service bent –

Our salutations on this Anzac Day,

Where Love and Pride as angels stem the Font

Of Tears .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

-And so one April dawn on blue

Aegean, woven of souls of fighting men,

And in baptismal flame, the grand, new name

Of Anzac, Lo! Was born; a mystic cypher,

A secret code to indicate a race

Dauntless to dare and do, achieve, or die.

A.N.Z.A.C. – a mystic cypher for the years

To shrine, in lettering of blood and fire –

A key that opened wide Australia’s Gate

Of Fame .. .. .. .. .. .. ..