THE COLONEL'S SHIELD
71
And then my horse, "The Lady Bess,"
Dropped, and—my leg was crushed!
Dropped, and—my leg was crushed!
The blood of battle in my veins
(A blue-coat dragged me out),—
But I remembered you;
I kissed your picture—did you know?
And yelled, "For the redoubt!"
(A blue-coat dragged me out),—
But I remembered you;
I kissed your picture—did you know?
And yelled, "For the redoubt!"
The Twenty-fourth, my scarred old dogs,
Growled back, "He'll put us through;
We ll take him in our arms:
Our picture there—the girl he loves,
Shall see what we can do."
Growled back, "He'll put us through;
We ll take him in our arms:
Our picture there—the girl he loves,
Shall see what we can do."
The foe was silenced—so were we.
I lay upon the field,
Among the Twenty-fourth;
Your picture, shattered on my breast,
Had proved "The Colonel's Shield."
I lay upon the field,
Among the Twenty-fourth;
Your picture, shattered on my breast,
Had proved "The Colonel's Shield."
