Now they have won some sepulchred Gavrelle, Some shattered homes in their own dust concealed; Now no Bosch troubles them nor any shell, But almost quiet holds the thankful field, While men draw breath, and down the Arras road Come the slow mules with battle's dreary stores, And there is time to see the wounded stowed, And stretcher-squads besiege the doctors' doors. Then belches Hell anew. And all day long The afflicted place drifts heavenward in dust; All day the shells shriek out their devils' song; All day men cling close to the earth's charred crust; Till, in the dusk, the Huns come on again, And, like some sluice, the watchers up the hill Let loose the guns and flood the soil with slain, And they go back, but scourge the village still. I see it all. I see the same brave souls To-night, to-morrow, though the half be gone, Deafened and dazed, and hunted from their holes, Helpless and hunger-sick, but holding on. I shall be happy all the long day here, But not till night shall they go up the steep, And, nervous now because the end is near, Totter at last to quietness and to sleep. And men who find it easier to forget, In England here, among the daffodils, That there in France are fields unflowered yet, And murderous May-days on the unlovely hills-- Let them go walking where the land is fair And watch the breaking of a morn in May, And think, "It may be Zero over there, But here is Peace"--and kneel awhile, and pray. * * * * * "Surely one result of the war will be that civilised races will regard the German as an outcast unfit to associate with or to have dealings with on equal terms. If he is able to say 'tu grogue' we shall put ourselves in a false position."--_Times of India_. For ourselves, we decline to do this. We shall simply call him another. * * * * * [Illustration: FOR SERVICES RENDERED. A GERMAN DECORATION FOR BRITISH STRIKERS.] * * * * * ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT. [Illustration: Our racing correspondent writes that Mr. LLOYD GEORGE is having some difficulty with his string (Sinn Fein's Beauty GINNELL, All and More for Ireland REDMOND, and Ulster CARSON) for the Irish Grand National.]