Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE IRISH COLONEL, by ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE


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THE IRISH COLONEL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Said the king to the colonel
Last Line: "a hundred times before."


Said the King to the Colonel:
"The complaints are eternal,
That you Irish give more trouble
Than any other corps."

Said the Colonel to the King:
"This complaint is no new thing,
For your foemen, Sire, have made it
A hundred times before."





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