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Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 371, 24 May 1856, Page 6

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AN INVOCATION FBOM THE ARMY.

TO AX HIDSTSIODS FIELD-MARSHAL

By the service thou hast seen ; By each hour that thoa hast been Under fire in trench or field, By that sword which thou dost wield First in breach or upon wall; By thy duxiug actions all; By thy charges and attacks ; By thy halts and bivouacs ; By the night- wiaeh thou hast spent la the cold and dreary tent; By the hard and scanty fare Thoa hast ofcen had to share ; By the country thou hast saved ; By the nations thou h.4St braved; By the Miuie boits of lead, "Which have whistled past thy head; By the countless cannon-shot. Bound, grape, canister, red-hot, Near thtfi which have ploughed the groaad; By the bombs that have burst round ; By the rockets that have dropp'd Bight before thy feet—and popp'd ; By each sabre, bay'uet, lance, "Which thy breastplate hath made glance ; By each gallant charger, slain TJudur thee upon the plaiu ; By the miner, which thou among Oft hast been when they were sprung ; By thine honourable scar ; }iy thy wounds in ail thy wars ; By thy cut, and by thy thrust, "Which have caused to bite the dust Mn:.y a hero, and to fall Hi-ad-s of legions—by them all ; By the hazards thoa hast run; By the bailies thou hast won ; By great a.nni'j» forced to l!ee ; By great chip.,- ta'en by thee ; By all thy strategic feats, Bold adv;iiifC'i>, wise retreats ; By thy t.:tgv'» and campaigns ; ' By thy captured ordn.incc-trains ; By thy booty and thy .-poils ; By thy l-u.-igth of warlike toils ; By tiiy bootsi, thy spurs", thy belt, By the powder thou hast smelt. By the hat, frock, all the clothes "Which to tliee the soldier owes, — lU's-t thee, Aluebt, rest tbee now, "With thy luureinon thy brow; Rc.-t thv'L', warrior, let the fame Thou i;ai»t earned suffice thy name ; Jlcif, and, a* a maa of peace, Meddhj/g with oar armies cease : Slania! business leave alone, Be cojjtdnt to mind thine own. Punch

Mariued.— On the 19th inst. attlie YVesleyan Chapel, Christen urch, by the Rev. J. Aldred, Mr. George Ha ward, of Papanui. to Miss Crick of Christenurcb.

On the 21st inst. at Kaiapoi, by the Rev. John Haven, George Leslie Lee, Esq., of Highfielil, Ainnri, to Maria, second daughter of Lt-Col. Fuller, C. 8., of Stoke Grange, Oxon. —On the 22nd, at the temporary church, Lyttelton, by the Rev. B. W.Dudley, Mr. W. Harris, to Miss Sarah Ann Reeks.