Lord Byron: Hand to hand, and foot to foot: Nothing there, save death, was mute; Stroke, and thrust, and flash, and cry For quarter

Hand to hand, and foot to foot: Nothing there, save death, was mute; Stroke, and — Lord Byron

Hand to hand, and foot to foot: Nothing there, save death, was mute; Stroke, and thrust, and flash, and cry For quarter or for victory, Mingle there with the volleying thunder.

Lord Byron

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