IN MEMORIAM

To Admiral von Spee and the Men of His Squadron, Who Died Off the Falkland Islands, December 8, 1914

OUTRANGED, outnumbered—not outfought—

In foreign seas you found your grave:

True to the creed that honor taught,

Firm in the faith that makes men brave.

It is no shame to strive and yield,

The battle lost, to bow to Fate;

Yet nobler, on the stricken field,

To die unconquered and elate.

To leave no trophy to the foe:

While battle-flags defiant wave

To sink, and fathoms deep below

Still guard your guns to mark your grave!

Martens, Frederick H. “In Memoriam.” The Fatherland 1, no. 20 (December 23, 1914): 12.