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Subject: BLENHEIM, BATTLE OF
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CAMPAIGN, by JOSEPH ADDISON    Poem Source                 Poet's Biography
First Line: While crouds of princes your deserts proclaim
Last Line: And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most
Subject(s): Blenheim, Battle Of; Churchill, John (1650-1722); Spain - War Of Succession (1701-1714)


THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM, by ROBERT SOUTHEY    Poem Text             Recitation     Poet's Biography
First Line: It was a summer evening
Last Line: "but 't was a famous victory."
Variant Title(s): After Blenheim
Subject(s): Blenheim, Battle Of; Churchill, John (1650-1722); Cynicism; Peace; Religion; Spain - War Of Succession (1701-1714); War; Marlborough, 1st Duke Of; Theology