A SOLDIER OF THE FORLORN HOPE,
. On » battle field, it eyening, When the day had gone to re»t, jLay * soldier if ith bi§ hio't blood .Welling from his heaving breast. yAll aroimd him lay the carnage, Where contending armies fought ; IFighting brarely— he had fallen, iFound at laat the death be sought. \With death ditoned eya he seel again, She he lores vfht) lsfar away, M^ierose'she gave at parting, It clasped in hii hand to-daj. « r • * # • •• /ffifi died ; not mourned by her he lored. But one who nt'ar hit lore could wake, Beut weeping o'er his lifeless form Pale with deep »orrow for his sake. J| •Her Toice he n«rerts*red to hear Mourned with a.-grieftthat never die*, While alia he lored, another batks, | Beneath^the lunshine of lur eyea. A.
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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 575, 27 January 1876, Page 3
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129A SOLDIER OF THE FORLORN HOPE, Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 575, 27 January 1876, Page 3
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