The Battle of Alexandria (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
It was on the 21st of March in the year of 1801, The British were at their posts every man; ...
It was on the 21st of March in the year of 1801, The British were at their posts every man; ...
Alas! Now o'er Britannia there hangs a gloom, Because over 400 British Tars have met with a watery tomb; Who ...
Sir Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn Beat the English in every wheel and turn, And made them fly in great ...
'Twas in the year of 1858, and on October the fourteenth day, That a fire broke out in a warehouse, ...
'Twas in the year of 1808, and in the autumn of the year, Napoleon resolved to crush Spain and Portugal ...
Success to Colonel Baden-Powell and his praises loudly sing, For being so brave in relieving Mafeking, With his gallant little ...
'Twas in the year of 1746, and in April the 14th day, That Prince Charles Stuart and his army marched ...
Good people of high and low degree, I pray ye all to list to me, And I'll relate a terrible ...
Ye sons of Great Britain, I think no shame To write in praise of brave General Graham! Whose name will ...
'Twas on the 9th of September, a very beautiful day, That a numerous English army came in grand array, And ...
'Twas in the year 1715, and on the 10th of November, Which the people of Scotland have cause to remember; ...
'Twas on the 18th of August in the year of 1798, That Nelson saw with inexpressible delight The City of ...
'Twas near the Begum Kothie the battle began, Where innocent blood as plentiful as water ran; The Begum Kothie was ...
'Twas in the year of 1650, and on the twenty-first of May, The city of Edinburgh was put into a ...
'Twas in a certain regiment of French Grenadiers, A touching and beautiful custom was observed many years; Which was meant ...
Ye sons of Germany, your noble Emperor William now is dead. Who oft great armies to battle hath led; He ...
All hail to Mr Murphy, he is a hero brave, That has crossed the mighty Atlantic wave, For what purpose ...
'Twas in the year of 1888, and on the 19th of November, Which the friends of the late Ex-Provost Rough ...
Alas! now o'er the civilised world there hangs a gloom For brave General Gordon, that was killed in Khartoum, He ...
'Twas in the year of 1884, and on Saturday the 20th of September, Which the inhabitants of Dundee will long ...
Jack Honest was only eight years of age when his father died, And by the death of his father, Mrs ...
Twas at the camp of Rorke's Drift, and at tea-time, And busily engaged in culinary operations was a private of ...
'Twas in the year of 1874, and on New Year's Day, The British Army landed at Elmina without dismay, And ...
'Twas at the disastrous battle of Maiwand, in Afghanistan, Where the Berkshires were massacred to the last man; On the ...
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