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Show fBold Ensign Bppsj Ensign Kpp-, at tho buttle of Flanders, Bowed 11 Kood of glory and duty, That beautiful Iloucrs and Dames In hfglit ami bounty Like a crimson Illy with lirarts ot Bold, To-day, whetn the wars of QhcuA nro old. And burled as deep as their dead .cm-nuiiiders. .cm-nuiiiders. KnalRn Kpps was tho color-bearer No mnttcr on wMch side, l'hlllp or Karl; Their cuuso was tho sholl his docd was the parl, Ecarco more than lad, ho had been a Hharor That day In tho wildcat work In tho , Held. 1I wau wounded and spent, and tho Unlit was lost; Ills comrades woro slain, or a scattered host. Hut stainless and scathtess, out of tho strife. Ho had curried his colors safer than ltfo, Ily the river's brink, without wapon or shield, Ho faced tho victors. Tho thick heart mist Ho dashed from his ayes, and tho silk ho kissed Kro ho held It aloft In tho nettlnc sun As proudly as It tho (lulu wore won; And he smiled whon thoy ordered him to ylold. KrmlKn Ilpps, with his broken blado. Cut tho silk from tho glided btoff. Which he poised like u spour till the chargo was made. And hurled nt tho loader with a laugh. Then round his breast, llko tho scarf of h.B lovo. Ho tied tho colon his heart above, And plunged In his armor Into tho tide, And there. In his dross 11 f honor, died. Whore nro the lessons your klngllngs teach! And whal Is tho text of your proud commanderi7 Out of tho centuries, heroes roach With the scroll of 11 deed, with tho word of a story, Of one man's truth and all men's glory, I.Ike Knslgn Kpps at tho battle nt Flanders, Flan-ders, .John lloyle O'Jtollly, |