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WILFRID BLAIR
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A BALLAD OF DEATHLESS DONS
OR:
"WHEN THE ASSAULT WAS INTENDED TO THE CITY"
(In honor of an Oxford Corps composed of those concerning whom it may be said most truly, in Mr. Belloc's words, that they are
"Dons admirable! Dons of Might! …
Dons English, worthy of the land.")
The Regulars fight with all their might, the Navy keeps the seas,
The Terrier[1] sniffs on bridges and cliffs, wherever a foe might sneeze,
K's keen recruit is learning to shoot, the Boy Scout scoutcth still, —
And after them all, the dons, the dons! — the agèd dons do drill!
- ↑ Obsolete word signifying a mere voluntary fighter unfit even for adequate defence purposes.
