Chapter 1011 of 1964 · 66 words · ~1 min read

LXI.

"You served at Widdin?"--"Yes."--"You led the attack?" "I did."--"What next?"--"I really hardly know"-- "You were the first i' the breach?"--"I was not slack At least to follow those who might be so"-- "What followed?"--"A shot laid me on my back, And I became a prisoner to the foe"-- "You shall have vengeance, for the town surrounded Is twice as strong as that where you were wounded.