The Battered Brigade

.                .               .               .               .

The mark of a stake in the shoulder,

The brand of a wall on the knee,

Are scars to the careless beholder

And blemishes; So may it be;

But every such blemish endorses

The pluck of a steed unafraid,

And the heart of a lover of horses

Goes out to the Battered Brigade.

~ Will H. Ogilvie, Scattered Scarl~