History & Politics
On an Event in Col. Evans’s Redoubted Performances in Spain
From Poetical Works, ed. Knight (1896), vol. VIII
History & Politics
The Ball whizzed by,--it grazed his ear,
And whispered as it flew,
“I only touch--not take--don’t fear,
For both, my honest Buccaneer!
Are to the Pillory due.”
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Wordsworth, William. “On an Event in Col. Evans’s Redoubted Performances in Spain.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wordsworth/895/.
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Wordsworth, William. “On an Event in Col. Evans’s Redoubted Performances in Spain.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wordsworth/895/.
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