Then rose those deadlier sounds that tell When foes meet hand to hand,- The shout, the yell, the iron clang Of meeting spear and brand. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

Then rose those deadlier sounds that tell When foes meet hand to hand,- The shout, the yell, the iron clang Of meeting spear and brand.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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