POETRY,
OUR SUBMARINES.
[It will be remembered that the 'ED' (Lieutenant-Commander NarK. Horton)
was the submarine that sank the German cruiser 'Helm,' and the German destroyer `S126 • ; and that the 'ES' (Lieutenant-Commander George F. Chohnley) was sunk by the Germans in the North Sea, and Submarine 'D5' (Lieutenant-Commander Godfrey Herbert) was sunk by a mine following the attack by a German squadron on the Halcyon' off Lowestoft, November 3rd, 1914.] WOULD we had found for you,.
Brave little fleet Names of high sound for you, Good to repeat.
You bear no name for us Daring and fine,
You who won fame for us,
Gallant E9 ' !
All that belongs to us Ships to us gave; Names that are songs to us Float on the wave.
You bear no name for us, Lost in the Sea!
You who died game for us, Gallant E3' !
Names that bring cheer with them....
Ships of the line—
Long may you steer with them, Daring 'E9' !
Though but a number now,
Yours shall survive, Blest where you slumber now, Gallant D5' ! S. R. LYSAGHT.
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