Page 186 - The model orator, or, Young folks' speaker : containing the choicest recitations and readings from the best authors for schools, public entertainments, social gatherings, Sunday schools, etc. : including recitals in prose and verse ...

Charging the griill redoubt,
"Each time there fell some comrades dead;
Ko wasted shot passed overhead ;
And still the fort. 4 held out.

At length a herald drawing near
Cor.fronts a simple grenadier,
To treat of terms of peace.
11 J.I" you your ilriu;-; will withhold
Till daybreak,1' cried the Frenchman hold,
We will Lhe fort7 release
Into your hands, on promise .sure
O i: r s^irrl-soll shall pass secure
With all their arms."
The An.strum herald bowed assent;
Each party passed the night content,
Without alarms.

At: dawn the Austrian rank and file
Drew up along" the close defile,
To sue il:dr brave foes pass,
How still1' the fort J No noise within;
No lui-rying feel; no parting din ;
Ail quiet as at mass.

Slow tile rustv hins/es turn :
*
-J
Slow the massive ” atcs unfold;
Then -,utli aspect calm and '1 stern,
Bc;irm;r weight of arms untold,
ConiL-s a single1' grenadier!
A s he marches past the van,
Wondering1' eyes are on him cast,
“ Where is the garrison, my man?"
Cries the Austrian ddef at last.
Proudly rose the soldiers head,
'’ / am1 the garrison/’ he said.