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An Evening in Dandaloo

...cited person 
Galloped down the township cursing, 
"Sydney push have mobbed Macpherson, 
Roll up, Dandaloo!" 

Great St Denis! what commotion! 
Like the rush of stormy ocean 
Fiery horsemen flew. 
Dust and smoke and din and rattle, 
Down the street they spurred their cattle 
To the war-cry of the battle, 
"Wade in, Dandaloo!" 

So the boys might have their fight out, 
Johnson blew the bar-room light out, 
Then, in haste, withdrew. 
And in darkness and in doubting 
Raged the c...Read more of this...
by Paterson, Andrew Barton


Bill Bowls the Sailor

..., Fear not, we will win the day,
Now, courage my men, pour in broadsides without delay;
Then they sailed round the "St. Denis" and the "Gloire,"
And in at their cabin windows they poured a deadly fire. 

The effect on the two ships was fearful to behold,
But still the Frenchmen stuck to their guns with courage, be it told;
And the crash and din of artillery was deafening to the ear,
And the cries of the wounded men on deck were pitiful to hear. 

Then Captain Ward to his men ...Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz

Denis

...Denis, whose motionable, alert, most vaulting wit 
Caps occasion with an intellectual fit. 
Yet Arthur is a Bowman: his three-heeled timber ’ll hit 
The bald and b?ld bl?nking gold when ?ll ’s d?ne 
Right rooting in the bare butt’s wincing navel in the sight of the sun.
. . . . . . . ....Read more of this...
by Hopkins, Gerard Manley

His Phoenix

...ix in my youth, so let them have their day.

The young men every night applaud their Gaby's
 laughing eye,
And Ruth St. Denis had more charm although she had
 poor luck;
From nineteen hundred nine or ten, Pavlova's had the cry
And there's a player in the States who gathers up her cloak
And flings herself out of the room when Juliet would
 be bride
With all a woman's passion, a child's imperious way,
And there are - but no matter if there are scores beside:
I knew a phoenix in...Read more of this...
by Yeats, William Butler

Insomnia

...! to sleep I vainly try;
Since twelve I haven't closed an eye,
And now it's three, and as I lie,
From Notre Dame to St. Denis
The bells of Paris chime to me;
"You're young," they say, "and strong and free."

I do not turn with sighs and groans
To ease my limbs, to rest my bones,
As if my bed were stuffed with stones,
No peevish murmur tips my tongue --
Ah no! for every sound upflung
Says: "Lad, you're free and strong and young."

And so beneath the sheet's caress
My body purr...Read more of this...
by Service, Robert William


Malmaison

...and watches. Snatches 
of music --
snarling, sneering music of bagpipes. They say a Scotch 
regiment
is besieging Saint-Denis. The Emperor wipes his face, 
or is it his eyes.
His tired eyes which see nowhere the grace they long for. Josephine!
Somebody asks him a question, he does not answer, somebody else 
does that.
There are voices, but one voice he does not hear, and yet he hears 
it
all the time. Josephine! The Emperor puts 
up his hand to screen his face.
The white ligh...Read more of this...
by Lowell, Amy

The Death of Captain Ward

...d, "Fear not, my men, we will win the day,
Now, men, pour in a broadside without delay
Then they sailed around the "St. Denis" and the "Gloire,"
And in their cabin windows they poured a deadly fire. 

The effect on the two ships was tremendous to behold,
But the Frenchmen stuck to their guns with courage bold;
And the crash and din of artillery was deafening to the ear,
And the cries of the wounded men ware pitiful to hear. 

Then Captain Ward to his men did say,
"We must boa...Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz

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