21 JUNE 1919, Page 14

AN EPITAPH FOR SOLDIERS.

ETO ins EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR"] SIR,—Another version of the Simonides epitaph, which you printed last week, appeared in the Harrovian War Supplement of November, 1914, above the initials " F. E. M." :- " These, to their own dear land immortal glory bequeathing, Here in the mists of death darkly enshrouded abide.

Yet shall they live though dead, for the fame of their valour enduring Out of the House oT Death living bath brought them again."