LONDON AND LADY-SMITH.
Who saw the gallants of the Queen ride through the crowded street, With banners waving overhead and music at their feet, Clad in the wealth of English looms in brilliant array, Whose splendour dazzled in the eyes that watched them on their way. Who heard the cheering of the hosts, that knew them ere they came, Sweep through the glittering streets and fail like some transcendant flame, And failing swell again and rock the troopships off the shore, When first the. gallants of the Queen rode on their way to war.
Who saw them later when they stood in that beleagured town, And swore by all the Empire that it never should go down; When week by week and month by month the dreadful hours dragged by And left them starying, undismayed, resolved to do and die; No cheering then confirmed their faith, gone all their bright array, ' But deep into their hearts had sunk the glory of that day; So when relief at bloody cost broke through the final crags It found the gallants of the Queen unconquered and VSPWheLI* Auckland, March 14th.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 65, 17 March 1900, Page 4 (Supplement)
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187LONDON AND LADY-SMITH. Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 65, 17 March 1900, Page 4 (Supplement)
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