An All-Night Sea Fight (William Topaz McGonagall Poems)
Ye sons of Mars, come list to me, And I will relate to ye A great and heroic naval fight, ...
Ye sons of Mars, come list to me, And I will relate to ye A great and heroic naval fight, ...
'Twas in the year of 1808, and in the autumn of the year, Napoleon resolved to crush Spain and Portugal ...
Alas! Lord and Lady Dalhousie are dead, and buried at last, Which causes many people to feel a little downcast; ...
All hail to the Empress of India, Great Britain's Queen! Long may she live in health, happy and serene; Loved ...
'Twas in the year of 1746, and in April the 14th day, That Prince Charles Stuart and his army marched ...
Alas! our noble and generous Queen Victoria is dead, And I hope her soul to Heaven has fled, To sing ...
God prosper long our noble Queen, And long may she reign! Maclean he tried to shoot her, But it was ...
Ye sons of Great Britain, I think no shame To write in praise of brave General Graham! Whose name will ...
'Twas in a certain regiment of French Grenadiers, A touching and beautiful custom was observed many years; Which was meant ...
North Berwick is a watering-place with golfing links green, With a fine bathing beach most lovely to be seen; And ...
'Twas on the 9th of September, a very beautiful day, That a numerous English army came in grand array, And ...
Ye sons of Germany, your noble Emperor William now is dead. Who oft great armies to battle hath led; He ...
'Twas about the beginning of the present century, Bill Bowls was pressed, and sent to sea; And conveyed on board ...
Twas in the month of October, and in the year of 1899, Which the Boers will remember for a very ...
Twas at the camp of Rorke's Drift, and at tea-time, And busily engaged in culinary operations was a private of ...
Edward Teach was a native of Bristol, and sailed from that port On board a privateer, in search of sport, ...
'Twas in the year of 1849, and on the 20th of February, Lord Gough met and attacked Shere Sing right ...
'Twas after the great Majuba fight: And the next morning, at daylight, Captain Macbean's men were ordered to headquarters camp, ...
A gallant knight and his betroth'd bride, Were walking one day by a river side, They talk'd of love, and ...
'Twas in the year of 1854, and on the 5th November, Which Britain will no doubt long remember, When the ...
'Twas at the disastrous battle of Maiwand, in Afghanistan, Where the Berkshires were massacred to the last man; On the ...
Alas! now o'er the civilised world there hangs a gloom For brave General Gordon, that was killed in Khartoum, He ...
Ye Sons of Great Britain! come join with me And King in praise of the gallant British Armie, That behaved ...
Alas! Sir John Ogilvy is dead, aged eighty-seven, But I hope his soul is now in heaven; For he was ...
'Twas in the year of 1878, and. the winter had set in, Lord Roberts and the British Army their march ...
King Shuac, the Giant of Mizra, war did declare Against Ulva, King of Shina, telling him to prepare And be ...
Alas! Now o'er Britannia there hangs a gloom, Because over 400 British Tars have met with a watery tomb; Who ...
Beautiful city of Glasgow, with your streets so neat and clean, Your stateley mansions, and beautiful Green! Likewise your beautiful ...
Ye sons of Great Britain, come join with me, And sing in praise of Sir Garnet Wolseley; Sound drums and ...
'Twas in the year of 1746, on a fine summer afternoon, When trees and flowers were in full bloom, That ...
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