Indian Mutiny.

        British infants who were nobly born
        Were from their bleeding mother's bosom torn,
        And with the bayonet dashed upon the street
        There left to lie for native dogs to eat.

        But the British Lion he quick o'erthrew,
        Both the high and the low Hindoo,
        Now they respect the Christian laws
        For fear of British Lion's paws.

James McIntyre

James McIntyre was a Canadian poet, most notable for his poetry concerning cheese, cheese-making, dairying, and dairy products. Often referred to as 'The Cheese Poet,' McIntyre's work is celebrated for its earnestness and unintentional humor, making him both a beloved and an infamous figure in literary circles. He emigrated from Scotland to Canada in 1851 and settled in Ingersoll, Ontario, where he became a successful businessman and community leader.

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Lay Of The Spring.

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Bear And Falls.

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Canada Our Home, 1883.

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Dryden And Pope.

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        Of wars in Queen Victoria's reign.
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        All ready for to spring on Turk,
        For Russian statesmen did divine
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        But like a greyhound after hare
        The Lion did drive back the Bear,
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Jackal And Child.

        In the great Province of Bengal,
        The scavenger is the Jackal,
        For it doth love each night to feast,
        On the carrion of some beast.

        The stench of which pollutes the air,
        But to this beast 'tis sweet and fair,
        Carcass to it is source of wealth,
        Jackals promote the public health.

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        A strange adventure child befell,
        An English Colonel and his wife,
        They thought still distant was the strife.

        And left their little girl at home,
        While they to distant village roam;
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Crimean War.

At the announcement that Britain was to declare war Kossuth the Hungarian Patriot declared in an address in England that the British Lion was a sea dog but helpless on land.


        When the British Lion offered aid to the Turk,
        Round many lips a sneer of serious doubt did lurk,
        They said he was at home on sea, but when on land
        He would be as a ship wrecked upon the strand,
        Or like some huge ungainly crocodile
        Upon the marshy banks of sluggish Nile,
        Who could move gaily on the deep
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        But up the Alma heights he rushed like greyhound after hare,
        And in a moment by the throat he seized the Russian bear,
        Which begged so hard for mercy his life he did it spare,

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Seringapatam

"The sleep that Tippoo Sahib sleeps
    Heeds not the cry of man;
The faith that Tippoo Sahib keeps
    No judge on earth may scan;
He is the lord of whom ye hold
    Spirit and sense and limb,
Fetter and chain are all ye gain
    Who dared to plead with him."

Baird was bonny and Baird was young,
    His heart was strong as steel,
But life and death in the balance hung,
    For his wounds were ill to heal.
"Of fifty chains the Sultan gave
    We have filled but forty-nine:
We dare not fail of the perfect tale
    For all Golconda's mine."

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A Ballad of John Nicholson

It fell in the year of Mutiny,
    At darkest of the night,
John Nicholson by Jalándhar came,
    On his way to Delhi fight.

And as he by Jalándhar came,
    He thought what he must do,
And he sent to the Rajah fair greeting,
    To try if he were true.

"God grant your Highness length of days,
    And friends when need shall be;
And I pray you send your Captains hither,
    That they may speak with me."

On the morrow through Jalándhar town
    The Captains rode in state;
They came to the house of John Nicholson,
    And stood before the gate.

The chief of them was Mehtab Singh,
    He was both proud and sly;
His turban gleamed with rubies red,
    He held his chin full high.

He marked his fellows how they put

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Tiger And Elephant.

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        Hunter heard shrill cry of peacocks,
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        And he saw tiger crouch and spring,
        To crush a bird with beauteous wing,
        But the tiger missed his aim,
        And he hung his head with shame.

        Then there came a mighty crush,
        Of elephants rush through the bush,
        The tiger cat-like crouched on ground,
        And elephants rushed in with bound.

        In front was baby elephant,
        To crush its bones did tiger want,
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        Leader of herd he madly rushed,
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