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A Metrical History of England

Or, Recollections, in Rhyme, Of some of the most prominent Features in our National Chronology, from the Landing of Julius Caesar to the Commencement of the Regency, in 1812. In Two Volumes ... By Thomas Dibdin

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“Her roseate colours the dawn had not shed
“O'er the field, which stern slaughter had tinted too red,
“All was dark, save each flash at the cannon's hoarse sound,
“When the brave Abercrombie received his death wound!