The captured teas, the taken guns,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Were muchly to our mind,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But O, next day, we marched away<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And left them all behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let go, let go the milk-white ass,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And drop the copper pan,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Things of desire that do but tire<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The burdened fighting man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bare to the elbows, brown and lean,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Behold them as they go,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Londons\u201d desperately keen,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dogged and firm and slow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cChildren of Israel\u201d wanderers yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Quick-tongued for grouse or gibe,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well do their leaders know the worth<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of the ancient London tribe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Up and away before the day<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brings sweat to loin and girth,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Into the bare and trackless plain<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On brown Philistian earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No laughter breaks, no talk, no songs,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No taunts, or quick replies<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fly down the ranks, men silent go<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Who strain towards a prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But look! the sun is on the left,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The hot earth turns, apace,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dust and distress is all behind,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the halting place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One little stage we\u2019ve onward crept,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wagon, and man, and gun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Quick, quick, erect the bivouac<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before night takes the sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTwoasyouwere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The captured teas, the taken guns, Were muchly to our mind, But O, next day, we marched away And left them all behind. Let go, let go the milk-white ass, And drop the copper pan, Things of desire that do but tire The burdened fighting man. Bare to the elbows, brown and lean, Behold them […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1247,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1276","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1276"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12177,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1276\/revisions\/12177"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}