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 200 MACAULAY

When round the lonely cottage Roars loud the tempest's din,

And the good logs of Algidus Roar louder yet within;

When the oldest cask is opened,

And the largest lamp is lit; When the chestnuts glow in the embers,

And the kid turns on the spit; When young and old in circle

Around the firebrands close; When the girls are weaving baskets,

And the lads are shaping bows;

When the goodman mends his armour

And trims his helmet's plume; When the goodwife's shuttle merrily

Goes flashing through the loom; With weeping and with laughter

Still is the story told, How well Horatius kept the bridge

In the brave days of old.

��LXXXV THE ARMADA

ATTEND, all ye who list to hear our noble England's

praise; I tell of the thrice famous deeds she wrought in

ancient days,

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