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 The knight's bones are dust,
 And his good sword rust;
  His soul is with the saints, I read more 
 The knight's bones are dust,
 And his good sword rust;
  His soul is with the saints, I trust. 
 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he 
went down and dwelt in the read more 
 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he 
went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. 
 He stands erect; his slouch becomes a walk;
 He steps right onward, martial in his air,
  His read more 
 He stands erect; his slouch becomes a walk;
 He steps right onward, martial in his air,
  His form and movement. 
 Ay me! what perils do environ
 The man that meddles with cold iron!  
 Ay me! what perils do environ
 The man that meddles with cold iron! 
 Each year his mighty armies marched forth in gallant show,
 Their enemies were targets, their bullets they were tow.  
 Each year his mighty armies marched forth in gallant show,
 Their enemies were targets, their bullets they were tow. 
 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him 
that girdeth on his harness boast read more 
 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him 
that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it 
off. 
 The English Infantry is the most formidable in Europe, but 
fortunately there is not much of it.
 [Fr., read more 
 The English Infantry is the most formidable in Europe, but 
fortunately there is not much of it.
 [Fr., L'infanterie anglaise est la plus redoubtable de l"Europe; 
heureusement, il n'y en a pas beaucoup.] 
 Earth! render back from out thy breast
 A remnant of our Spartan dead!
  Of the three hundred read more 
 Earth! render back from out thy breast
 A remnant of our Spartan dead!
  Of the three hundred grant but three,
   To make a new Thermopylae! 
 The king of France with twenty thousand men
 Went up the hill, and then came down again:
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 The king of France with twenty thousand men
 Went up the hill, and then came down again:
  The king of Spain with twenty thousand more
   Climbed the same hill the French had climbed before.