Oh, to have died that day at Langemarck!

To have perished nobly in a noble cause!

For in the years to come it shall be told

How these laid down their lives, not for their homes,

Their orchards, fields and cities: "They were driven

To slaughter by no tyrant's lust for power;

Of their free manhood's choice they crossed the sea

To save a stricken people from its foe.

They died for Justice—Justice owes them this:

That what they died for be not overthrown."