Poems (Curwen)/One of the Six Hundred

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One of the "Six Hundred."
SAMUEL J. MURDOCK.
Beneath the Union Jack— The faithful soldier's pall—The good old patriot lies,  He has heard the last roll call.
And shall he go unsung,  Who was one of that brave band, Whose heroic charge still lives  In the memory of our land?
He who shared the peril of  That sadly glorious day, And with Balaclava's heroes rode,  Forth to that deadly fray.
It is to brave hearts like theirs,  Old England owns her glory; Shall his name forgotten be  Who figured in that story?
Nay! 'twould be ingratitude;  Let a fitting tribute rise, That our children may know where  One of the "Six Hundred" lies.
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