THE SOLDIER'S PICTURE.
~ A sword,- a sashand.a soldier's coat ..,-. j| Are hung on the cottage ., 'I ; ; With a; manly face in a golden frame,,..;! ;■.,And a.banner,en'wreatuing all. ~;,,': ■■ ! The' batirier is : tattered andbattle-woruj; j •■'': 'Butits'unioit hatli'all the stars'; i"- -| -- And the captain's coat hath a bullet mark : ; - Jiist under tho'sho'uldor.bars;- 'V- ; ■! ' Tread in the reeprd',:',"He : bore theflag" i ' ''', 'ln!thW storm of 'shot, and shell,:', '' ' ; -'.Md : the! swbi'd : ,was' grasped in his' cold ' '.''', right hand'',.' : .' ' '/'■"' fl ;'' . In the inorhing, whtrehe.fell!" ] '-;-c' !; - '■•' '■■■'<■■[ ■■LiJ'ft fans. .
V 'Stormß■.geu'erallyr i are la mystery,, buiyou, •ican'ulwftys seethe'drift,of a snowstorm,', :
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1003, 18 February 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)
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92THE SOLDIER'S PICTURE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1003, 18 February 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)
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