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on all day by the sun, Beating through helmet and head, Through to the brain. Inactive, no water, no bread, We had stood on the desolate plain Till evening shades drew on amain; And we thought that our day's work was done, When, lo!it had only begun.

'Charge!'And away through the night, Toward the red flashes of light Spurting in fire on our sight, Swifter and swifter we sped. 'Charge!'At that word of command, On through the loose-holding sand, On through the hot, folding sand, Through hailstorms of iron and lead, Swifter and swifter we sped.