Hanchen, the Maid of the Mill (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Near the village of Udorf, on the banks of the Rhine, There lived a miller and his family, once on ...
Near the village of Udorf, on the banks of the Rhine, There lived a miller and his family, once on ...
'Twas on the 18th of August in the year of 1798, That Nelson saw with inexpressible delight The City of ...
'Twas after the great Majuba fight: And the next morning, at daylight, Captain Macbean's men were ordered to headquarters camp, ...
A heroic story I will unfold, Concerning Jenny Carrister, a heroine bold, Who lived in Australia, at a gold mine ...
'Twas in the year 1815, and on the 18th day of June, That British cannon, against the French army, loudly ...
'Twas at the disastrous battle of Maiwand, in Afghanistan, Where the Berkshires were massacred to the last man; On the ...
In a humble room in London sat a pretty little boy, By the bedside of his sick mother her only ...
Ye Sons of Mars, it gives me great content To think there has been erected a handsome monument In memory ...
Alas! Now o'er Britannia there hangs a gloom, Because over 400 British Tars have met with a watery tomb; Who ...
'Twas in the year of 1900, and on the 5th of June, Lord Roberts entered Pretoria in the afternoon; His ...
Good people of high and low degree, I pray ye all to list to me, And I'll relate a harrowing ...
'Twas in the year of 1858, and on October the fourteenth day, That a fire broke out in a warehouse, ...
Ye sons of Mars, come join with me, And sing in praise of Sir Herbert Stewart's little army, That made ...
A sad tale of the sea I will relate, which will your hearts appal Concerning the burning of the steamship ...
'Twas on the 22nd of March, in the year 1885, That the Arabs rushed like a mountain torrent in full ...
'Twas at the Seige of Matagarda, during the Peninsular War, That a Mrs Reston for courage outshone any man there ...
It was on the 21st of March in the year of 1801, The British were at their posts every man; ...
'Twas near the Begum Kothie the battle began, Where innocent blood as plentiful as water ran; The Begum Kothie was ...
'Twas on the 20th of November, and in the year of 1897, That the cheers of the Gordon Highlanders ascended ...
About a hundred and fifty years ago, History relates it happened so, A big ship sailed from the shores of ...
Ye Sons of Great Britain, pray list to me, And I'll tell ye of a great victory. Where the British ...
'Twas on a Monday morning, and in the year of 1884, That a fire broke out in Bailie Bradford's store, ...
Friends of humanity, of high and low degree, I pray ye all come listen to me; And truly I will ...
A pathetic tale of the sea I will unfold, Enough to make one's blood run cold; Concerning four fishermen cast ...
'Twas on the 26th of August, the sun was burning hot, In the year of 1346, which will never be ...
'Twas on a Sunday morning, and in the year of 1888, The steamer "Saxmundham," laden with coal and coke for ...
A sad tale of the sea, I will unfold, About Mrs Lingard, that Heroine bold; Who struggled hard in the ...
Welcome, thrice welcome, to the city of Dundee, The great African explorer Henry M Stanley, Who went out to Africa ...
'Twas in the year of 1746, and in April the 14th day, That Prince Charles Stuart and his army marched ...
'Twas about the beginning of the past century Billy Bowls was pressed into the British Navy, And conveyed on board ...
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