6 JUNE 1903, Page 16

POETRY.

IN MEMORIAM.—ETON, JUNE 1sT, 1903.

("I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it mor abundantly.")

Two brothers of our common brotherhood Snatched blindly far away, beyond recall, Two simple-hearted boys who understood What Eton means to all.

Two happy children whom the Father loved, Two souls of innocence for whom Christ died,— And is not here God's Fatherhood disproved, The love of Christ belied ?

Yet He who sorrowed once amazed, alone,

And, with the world-wide anguish on His brow, Prayed, " Father, not my will but thine be done," Might He not answer now-

" I called, to give them more abundant life, They came to me and have not suffered wrong. The rest be faithful in the life-long strife, And suffer and be strong " ?

Eton, June 4th.