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To combat born, and bred amidst<br />

alarms:<br />

I know to shift my ground, remount<br />

the car,<br />

Turn, charge, and answer every call<br />

<strong>of</strong> war;<br />

To right, to left, the dexterous lance<br />

I wield,<br />

And bear thick battle on my sounding<br />

shield<br />

But open be our fight, and bold<br />

each blow;<br />

I steal no conquest from a noble<br />

foe."<br />

He said, and rising, high above the<br />

field<br />

Whirl'd the long lance against the<br />

sevenfold shield.<br />

Full on the brass descending from<br />

above<br />

Through six bull-hides the furious<br />

weapon drove,

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