Until We Meet Again
- Sail with the fast tide, dear shipmate of mine
- To another home, far distant, so sweet and divine
- As we salute your many proud deeds in life
- Of love, kindness and duty to our nation in strife
- Set your compass true towards the sinking sun
- Sleep well on your journey until the night is done
- Awake to see a new and glorious peaceful place
- Where time is endless and gone is mortals’ frantic pace
- Now as your ship fades beyond our view
- Already we grieve at the loss of a man such as you
- Yet ever so close you will always be
- A giant among men and a dear brother to me
– George Mansford January 2016, by permission