POETRY.
CHARGE OF THE BLUE BRIGADE. C’est magnify no mais ce n'est pas la guerre. i. Once to a gay Review Went a Brigade so blue, _ At starting so cheery ; ' Ashburton reached at last, All other dangers past, “ How can we break our fast ? We’re hungry and weary.” When in the town close by Pine-apples caught the eye Of the gay hundred. “ Come then charge, one and all, On to this apple-stall: Grapes, plums, and pears will fall To the gay hundred.” 11. Sweetly the fruit did smell, While many an apple fell To the gay hundred. Mark how the heroes fall Right through the apple-stall, Smashing and crashing, while Ashburton wondered. Pines to the right of them, Pears to the left of them, Grapes right in front of them, Fell by the hundred. Their’s not to reason why, Thoir’s but to gorge, not buy. “ Ain’t this a big blow-out ?” Said the gay hundred. 111. Flushed all their faces fair. Having ate many a pear Out of that fruity lair, Plums by the hundred. “ Now let us fly again— Quick, to regain the train ; There we can feast again, Ashburton plundered.” When shall their glory fade, When shall the fruit be paid, Ate by the hundred ? Honour the Blue Brigade! Honour the charge they made ! Don’t let much blame be laid, If some boys blundered. Christchurch, April 6 th, 1880.
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1908, 6 April 1880, Page 3
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230POETRY. Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1908, 6 April 1880, Page 3
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