There was a day when they were young and proud, Banners on high, and battles pass'd below ; But they who fought are in a bloody shroud, And those which waved are shredless dust ere now, And the bleak battlements shall bear no future blow. Compton Audley; or, Hands not hearts - Page 16by lord William Pitt Lennox - 1841 - 281 pagesFull view - About this book
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