To-day, across our fathers' graves, <br /> The astonished years reveal <br />The remnant of that desperate host <br /> Which cleansed our East with steel. <br /> <br />Hail and farewell! We greet you here, <br /> With tears that none will scorn-- <br />O Keepers of the House of old, <br /> Or ever we were born! <br /> <br />One service more we dare to ask-- <br /> Pray for us, heroes, pray, <br />That when Fate lays on us our task <br /> We do not shame the Day!<br /><br />Rudyard Kipling<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-veterans/
