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  • Another Year, Another Deadly Blow — William Wordsworth

    November, 1806

    Another year!—another deadly blow!
    Another mighty Empire overthrown!
    And We are left, or shall be left, alone;
    The last that dare to struggle with the Foe.
    ‘Tis well! from this day forward we shall know
    That in ourselves our safety must be sought;
    That by our own right hands it must be wrought;
    That we must stand unpropped, or be laid low.
    O dastard whom such foretaste doth not cheer!
    We shall exult, if they who rule the land
    Be men who hold its many blessings dear,
    Wise, upright, valiant; not a servile band,
    Who are to judge of danger which they fear,
    And honour which they do not understand.

    — William Wordsworth

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