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Show Miscellany ii i . , , i "A Great Mctory" It was Robert Bonthey who wrote the satirical poem on the Battle of Blenheim (Ausust 13 1104) and hla comment ar as applicable to preaon t conditions as thav war to those of ZM years afo. Here la the poem It was a summer evening Old Kaipar'a work waa dona. And he before bis cottace door viaa Blttlnff In tha aun And by him sported on the rn His little grandchild Wlthelmlne She law her brother Peterkln Roll aoroathlnj large and rou d Which hs bealde the rivulet In play In there had found He came to ask what he had found That was so arge and smooth and roun I Old Kaapar took It from tha hoy Who stood expectant by And then tha old man "hook hla head And with a natural sigh Tta some poor fellow a akul said h Who fall In tha great victory I And them In the garden For there many hereabout And often when I go to plow The plowshare turns them o For many thousand men said he Were alaln ln the great ctor) Now tell us what t was n I abo Yo ng Peterkln he cries And little Wl helmlne ookn p v th wo der wa t ng eyes Now te sal abo t the wa And what thoy fo ght en h otle f I nan the ng Inn Kaspar c ed Who put the Fren h o o I fl t what they fo gl t ra otho f cou d no well make o H t e e bod sa d ot r. That t waa a fan o s victor) My father lived at Blenheim hen Yon little stream hard by They burnt his dwelling to tho gro nd And he was forced to fly Bo with his wife and c III e fled Nor had not w ere to est I n head With Are and aword the co tr o I Was wasted far an 1 w do And many a e d ng mot e ere And new born baby died But things Ilka tl at you k ow m e At every famous victory They say It waa a sho king sight After the Held was won For ma y tho aanl In es he e Lay rotting In the aun But things like tlat you know nut e After a famous victory Oreat p a se the D ke of Mnrlo o gh won And our good Pr nee Fugene Why t was aveyweleltlg Rnld I ttls Wllhelmlne Nay nay my little girl q oth he It waa a famous victory And everybody praised t fl lie Wl o tl Is great right 1 1 B t w at gool cn nn f H In Quoth Itt e Pete k n Why t at I cannot te I hr 1 i . B t t was a famous victory |