. Children's ballads from history and folklore . THE war in the East had ended;Its terrors were past, they said;There was peace, once more, for the living,And peace for the valiant dead. Through the splendid squares of Lucknow The Highlanders marched again ;The heroes of fortress and jungle,Brave Havelocks peerless men ! Ay ! open your gates, O Lucknow ! —But measure, ye guards, your breath, As ye think of those days, an hundred,When Ha\elock marched with They had freed the beleaguered city,Fouglit step by step through the vale; And swept from the shore of the GangesFor
. Children's ballads from history and folklore . THE war in the East had ended;Its terrors were past, they said;There was peace, once more, for the living,And peace for the valiant dead. Through the splendid squares of Lucknow The Highlanders marched again ;The heroes of fortress and jungle,Brave Havelocks peerless men ! Ay ! open your gates, O Lucknow ! —But measure, ye guards, your breath, As ye think of those days, an hundred,When Ha\elock marched with They had freed the beleaguered city,Fouglit step by step through the vale; And swept from the shore of the GangesForever the Sepoys trail. Then welcome them hack with rejoicing,O minaret, tower and shrine ! For these are the men who saved glory outlasteth thine ! Throufjh the streets swept the colors ot Knglanci, IJorne proudly aloft on the air;Wiiile the throne land of Rama re-echoed The Christians thanksgiving and prayer. Ot tiie pain, the hunger, the death in the jungles gloom ; The rescue of woman and children,Threatened with direful doom. mi.
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