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A POETIC NARRATIVE OF BELLEROPHON AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR, WRITTEN IN THE FORM OF A PATRIOTIC TAR, POSSIBLY BY MIDSHIPMAN HENRY WALKER
written in fifteen stanzas of four lines over a single folded sheet, relating to a chronological order the battle as witnessed from the Bellerophon, stanza nine The bodies lay all on our decks; our Scuppers ran with blood It made the Seas all around us look like a purple flood So well our men behaved that day as plainly you may see They were resolved that glorious day to gain the victory and stanza eleven The Victory she played her part as plainly doth appear Behold the action of our tars on board the Temeraire; Two seventy fours alongside her lay, a glorious sight to see They struck to her that day to crown the victory, contained in an archive slip within card folder with copious notes and transcript
written in fifteen stanzas of four lines over a single folded sheet, relating to a chronological order the battle as witnessed from the Bellerophon, stanza nine The bodies lay all on our decks; our Scuppers ran with blood It made the Seas all around us look like a purple flood So well our men behaved that day as plainly you may see They were resolved that glorious day to gain the victory and stanza eleven The Victory she played her part as plainly doth appear Behold the action of our tars on board the Temeraire; Two seventy fours alongside her lay, a glorious sight to see They struck to her that day to crown the victory, contained in an archive slip within card folder with copious notes and transcript
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