Picquart

FOR love of justice and for love of truth"—Aye, 't was for these, for these he put asidePlace and preferment, fortune and the prideOf fair renown; the friends he prized, in sooth,All the rewards of an illustrious youth,And set his strength against a swollen tide,And gave his spirit to be crucified—For love of justice and for love of truth.

Keeper of the abiding scroll of fame,Lo! we entrust to thee a hero's name!Life, like a restless river, hurrying by,Bears us so swiftly on, we may forgetThe name to which we owe so deep a debt;But guard it thou, nor suffer it to die!