('Our lantern was extinguished . . .'—The Speaker) <br />'Extinguished?' No, Sir. Darkened for the fight, <br />Blacked-out, bombarded, bullied night and day, <br />The lamp of Parliament still kept alight <br />To show the sad lost Continent the way. <br />April 29, 1945<br /><br />A. P. Herbert<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/big-ben-7/
