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... Waterloo , 281 • Are you a Great Reader ? 287 The Verdict , 288 Guernsey , . 288 All's Right , 289 The Complaint of an Ancient Briton , . 289 Farley Heath , 291 Wisdom , 293 • The Heart's Husband , 293 Prophets , . 294 Wheat - corn and ...
... Waterloo , 281 • Are you a Great Reader ? 287 The Verdict , 288 Guernsey , . 288 All's Right , 289 The Complaint of an Ancient Briton , . 289 Farley Heath , 291 Wisdom , 293 • The Heart's Husband , 293 Prophets , . 294 Wheat - corn and ...
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... WATERLOO . THERMOPYLE and Cannæ Were glorious fields of yore , Leonidas and Hannibal Right famous evermore ; But we can claim a nobler name , A field more glorious too , The chief who thus achieved for us Victorious Waterloo . Let ...
... WATERLOO . THERMOPYLE and Cannæ Were glorious fields of yore , Leonidas and Hannibal Right famous evermore ; But we can claim a nobler name , A field more glorious too , The chief who thus achieved for us Victorious Waterloo . Let ...
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... Waterloo . Sublimely calm , our iron duke , A lion in his lair , Waited and watch'd with sleepless eye To see what France would dare ; Nor deign'd to stir from Brussels Until he surely knew The foe was rushing on his fate At chosen Waterloo ...
... Waterloo . Sublimely calm , our iron duke , A lion in his lair , Waited and watch'd with sleepless eye To see what France would dare ; Nor deign'd to stir from Brussels Until he surely knew The foe was rushing on his fate At chosen Waterloo ...
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... Waterloo , Where skill and courage did it all , With God's good help in view ! For we were beardless , raw recruits , And they WATERLOO . 283.
... Waterloo , Where skill and courage did it all , With God's good help in view ! For we were beardless , raw recruits , And they WATERLOO . 283.
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... Waterloo ! What shall I say on that dread day Of Ferrier and his band ? Ten times he chased the foes away , And charged them sword in hand ; Six of those ten he led his men With blood upon his brow- And weakly in the eleventh died , To ...
... Waterloo ! What shall I say on that dread day Of Ferrier and his band ? Ten times he chased the foes away , And charged them sword in hand ; Six of those ten he led his men With blood upon his brow- And weakly in the eleventh died , To ...
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