. Ballads of bravery. .^E us a song! the soldiers cried, The outer trenches guarding,\\hen the heated guns of the camps allied Grew weary of bombarding. The dark Redan, in silent scoff,Lay grim and threatening under; And the tawny mound of the MalakoffNo longer belched its thunder. There was a pause. A guardsman said, We storm the forts to-morrow; Sing while we may, another dayWill bring enough of sorrow. They lay along the batterys side. Below the smoking cannon,Brave hearts from Severn and from Clyde, And from the banks of Shannon. They sang of love, and not of fame ; Forgot was Britains glo
. Ballads of bravery. .^E us a song! the soldiers cried, The outer trenches guarding,\\hen the heated guns of the camps allied Grew weary of bombarding. The dark Redan, in silent scoff,Lay grim and threatening under; And the tawny mound of the MalakoffNo longer belched its thunder. There was a pause. A guardsman said, We storm the forts to-morrow; Sing while we may, another dayWill bring enough of sorrow. They lay along the batterys side. Below the smoking cannon,Brave hearts from Severn and from Clyde, And from the banks of Shannon. They sang of love, and not of fame ; Forgot was Britains glory:Each heart recalled a different name, But all sang Annie #s BALLADS OF BRAVERY. 119 Voice after voice cauglit up the song, Until its tender passionIvose like an anthem, rich and strong, Their battle-eve confession. Beyond the darkening ocean burnedThe blood}^ sunsets embers, While the Crimean vallej-s learnedHow English love remembers. And once again a fire of hellRained on the Russian quarters. With scream of shot and burst of shellAnd bellowing of the mortars I And Irish Noras eyes are dimFor a singer dumb and gory; And English Mary mourns for himWho sang of Annie Lawrie. Sleep, soldiers ! still in honored restYour truth and valor wearing. The bravest are the loving are the darins:.
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