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brunt of the fight from 11.35 a. m. to 4.45 p. m. fell to 

 the Duke's army, until the arrival of the Prussians. 



And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, 



Dewy with nature's tear-drops, as they pass 



Grieving, if aught inanimate e'ver grieves, 



Over the unreturning braves — alas ! 



Ere evening to be trodden like the grass 



Which now beneath them, but above shall grow 



In its next verdure, where this fiery mass 



Of living valour, rolling on the foe 



And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. 



Ladies and gentlemen, I think by this time, I must 

 have wearied your patience, I find I have been doing 

 more than merely taking a walk with you from the 

 Hotel du Muse'e, to the lofty platform, round the Gilt 

 Lion, and before we close, allow me to point out to you, 

 among the actors of the famous plain of Waterloo, 

 many proud names familiar, later on, to Quebec ears, 

 and who at those grand military parades, in those fes- 

 tive times when we had a large garrison, our fathers 

 used to meet and admire on our own historic Plains of 

 Abraham, such as His Grace the Duke of Kichmond 

 and his three sons, Lord Charles, Lord John George and 

 Lord William Pitt Lennox, denizens of Quebec in 

 1818-9, all actively serving at Waterloo ; Sir James 

 Kempt, one of our Governors-General, Sir John Col- 

 borne (Lord Seaton) our administrator, Sir James 

 McDonnell, one of the heroes of Hougoruont, Com- 

 mander of our Garrison in 1838. They were all 

 Waterloo men, with exception of the Duke of Kich- 

 mond, who, though present on the field of Waterloo, 

 came there as, a non-combattant. (Repeated applause.) 



