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“For he did resolve
To extirpate the vipers,
With four-and-twenty men
And five-and-thirty pipers.”
—William Edmonstoune Aytoun (1813–1865)
“For each age is a dream that is dying,
Or one that is coming to birth.”
—Arthur William Edgar O’Shaughnessy (1844–1881)
“For he did resolve
To extirpate the vipers,
With four-and-twenty men
And five-and-thirty pipers.”
—William Edmonstoune Aytoun (1813–1865)
“News of battle! News of battle!
Hark. ‘Tis ringing down the street
And the archways and the pavement
Bear the clang of hurrying feet.
News of battle. Who has brought it?”
—William Edmonstoune Aytoun (1813–1865)