ce on board the duty's done--
And from Malo Roads to Croisic Point, what is it but a
run?--
Since 'tis ask and have, I may-- 5
Since the others go ashore--?
Come! A good whole holiday!
Leave to go and see my wife, whom I call the Belle Aurore!"
That he asked and that he got,--nothing more.

Name and deed alike are lost: 10
Not a pillar nor a post
In his Croisic keeps alive the feat as it befell;
Not a head in white and black
On a single fishing smack,
In memory of the man but for whom had gone to wrack 15
All that France saved from the fight whence England bore
the bell.
Go to Paris: rank on rank
Search the heroes flung pell-mell
On the Louvre, face and flank! 20
You shall look long enough ere you come to Herve Kiel.
So, for better and for worse,
Herve Riel, accept my verse!
In my verse, Herve Riel, do thou once more
Save the squadron, honor France, love thy wife the Belle 25
Aurore!

1. What about the man Herve Riel do you admire
most? Try to describe his character. Tell how he
saved the fleet.

2. Notes: Line 13, page 312, refers to the custom
of painting or carving the head of a hero on the
bow of a ship.--Lines 16-17, page 312. Formerly a
bell was the prize given the victor in a race.

THE SONG OF THE CAMP

BY BAYARD TAYLOR

This is a song of the Crimean War, a war between
Russia on one side and Turkey, Great Britain,
France, and Sardinia on the other. Guarding
Sebastopol (the chief city of the Crimea) were
several forts among which were the Redan and the
Malakoff, mentioned herein. These, as well as the
works of Balaklava, were held by the Russians. It
was at Balaklava, you will recall, that the "Charge
of the Light Brigade" was made, a charge made
famous by Tennyson's poem.

"Give us a song!" the soldiers cried,
The outer trenches guarding,
When the heated guns of the camps allied
Grew weary of bombarding.

The dark Redan, in silent scoff, 5
Lay grim and threatening under;
And the taw