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October, 1803.

Six thousand Veterans practis'd in War's game,Tried Men, at Killicranky were array'dAgainst an equal Host that wore the Plaid,Shepherds and Herdsmen.—Like a whirlwind cameThe Highlanders, the slaughter spread like flame;And Garry thundering down his mountain-roadWas stopp'd, and could not breathe beneath the loadOf the dead bodies. 'Twas a day of shameFor them whom precept and the pedantryOf cold mechanic battle do enslave.Oh! for a single hour of that DundeeWho on that day the word of onset gave!Like conquest would the Men of England see;And her Foes find a like inglorious Grave.
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