CHARGE OF THE KNITTING BRIGADE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15900, 24 April 1915, Page 5 (Supplement)

CHARGE OF THE KNITTING BRIGADE.

Half a stitch, half a stitch, Half a stitch onward, In the Assembly Hall Toiled the One Hundred. ' "Forward, the Knitting Brigade! Charge for the wool '." she said. Straight at those skeins of yarn Dashed the One Hundred. "Forward the Knitting Brigade!" Was there a girl afraid? Nut tho* each unskilled maid For a while blundered. Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to knit or die! So at that wool four-ply Charged the One Hundred. Balls to the right of them, Ball* to the left of them, Balls all about them Firing unnumbered! Gallant the charge they made, Dauntless and undismayed; Fearsome and fast the raid Of tho One Hundred. flicked all their needles there, dirked as they turned in air, Jabbing a finger bare, Letting fall stitches where Someone still blundered. Stitches "two plain, two purl, • Knitted each zealous girl, Ninety nine hundred! Wiisllets to right of them, Wristlets to left of them, Wristlet? all round them, Lying unnumbered! Back from the charge came all, None did in battle fall. Answered the muster call All the One Hundred. When ran their glory fade? 0, the wild charge they made! All the school wondered. Honour the charge they made. Honour tho Knitting Brigade! Noble One Hundred '. -Denis (/Donovan, Toronto. [All the proceeds from .the sale of these verses are, devoted to tho purvhaso ot wool for kuitting cocks ctc.j lot soldiers,J