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Otago Witness, Issue 2572, 8 July 1903, Page 77

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THE DEVOXS AT C.^.aß'S HILL (With compliments to Mr D Mucdo aid, war correspondent.) Halt! Halt row oh De\ot s. Ye Devons git ready, Tighten your belts, and jour bayonets fix; Mois°ten your lips, and steady boys, steady I "For now with your foes ye as warriors mix. Theie's a squaimg of shoulders, a quick pant.ng bieath, A gnpp.ng of stocks with the qu.ck whip of •In 1, A flashing of set eyes, and ready foi death; Th« left foot's advanced for storming the hiU, Charge i ' ! ! Over the crest of the hill like a wave, With a grand surging rush, thro' the bullets like hail; Falling in cozens the hill-top they lave With their richest life b.ood, nought their courage can gutil. Steady, ye Devons, incline to the right! Drive the foe over the cruel plateau, Thrust home the bayonet, strike with your might! Down o'er the rocky hulside do they go. Dowrwa-d the enemy run like 9 stream, Over the va'ley, till met by the flood; In it they plunge with a terrified scream Was ever the.c such a d.sas'.rt-us rud f Ma^naficent charge' Oh, who can fo get The chasing of Death thro' the wi d battle't roar ? VictoTy hailed them as warriors met, And G.ory upon them her Inured outpour. Ye swept on like demigods; what could withs and ; To you' hnndf was ntmsted the honour oJ Home; The he oui a.nd rights of thr dear Mother 'and, And grandly the trust d'd you mightily own. Your gory shall last while our language doth run, Our sons will in honour your memory keep; And the pride of our race shall roll on with the sun. While in peans of triumph deep answereth deep. -J. T. Bryant. Ow^ka Otaso, New Zealand, June, 1903.

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