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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=539651" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Battle of Shina, in Africa, Fought in 1800</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=539651" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">King Shuac, the Giant of Mizra, war did declare<br>Against Ulva, King of Shina, telling him to prepare<br>And be ready for to meet him in the fight,<br>Which would commence the next morning before daylight. </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=539651" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">When King Ulva heard the news, he told his warriors to prepare,<br>Then suddenly the clatter of arms sounded in the night air;<br>And the pale beams of the moon shone on coats of mail,<br>But not one bosom beneath them with fear did quail. </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=539651" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">And bugles rang out their hoarse call,<br>And armed men gathered quickly, not in dread of their downfall;<br>For King Ulva resolved to go and meet Shuac,<br>So, by doing so, King Ulva's men courage didn't lack. </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=539651" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">Therefore, the temple was lighted up anew,<br>And filled with armed warriors, bold and true;<br>And the King stood clad in his armour, and full of pride,<br>As he gazed upon his warriors, close by his side. </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=539651" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">And he bowed himself to the ground,<br>While there was a deep silence around;<br>And he swore, by his false god of the all-seeing eye,<br>That he would meet Shuac, King of Mizra, and make him fly. </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=539651" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">And I swear that in Shina peace shall remain,<br>And whatever thou desireth, supreme one, will not be in vain;<br>For thou shalt get what thou considereth to be most fit,<br>Though it be of my own flesh and blood, I swear it. </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=539651" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">Then, when all was in readiness, they marched before the dawn,<br>Sixty thousand in number, and each a picked man;<br>And they marched on silently to take Shuac's army by surprise,<br>And attack him if possible, before sunrise. </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=539651" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">King Shuac's army were about one hundred thousand strong,<br>And, when King Ulva heard so, he cried, We'll conquer them ere long,<br>Therefore, march on, brave men, we'll meet them before daybreak,<br>So, be resolute and conquer, and fight for Shina's sake. </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=539651" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">Within a mile of the enemy's camp they lay all night,<br>Scarcely taking well-earned repose, they were so eager for the fight;<br>And when the morning broke clear and cloudless, with a burning sky,<br>Each warrior was wishing that the fight was begun. </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=539651" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">And as the armies neared one another, across the fertile land,<br>It was a most imposing sight, and truly grand,<br>To see the warriors clad in armour bright,<br>Especially the form of Shuac, in the midst of the fight. </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=539651" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">The royal guard, forming the vanguard, made the first attack,<br>Under the command of King Ulva, who courage didn't lack;<br>And cries of "King Ulva!" and "King Shuac!" rent the air,<br>While Shuac cried, I'll burn Shina to the ground, I now do swear! </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=539651" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">King Shuac was mounted on a powerful steed,<br>Which pressed its way through the ranks with lightning speed;<br>And with its hoofs the earth it uptears,<br>Until, with a bound, it dashes through the ranks of opposing spears. </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=539651" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">Then the two Kings met each other at last,<br>And fire flashed from their weapons, and blows fell fast;<br>But Shuac was the strongest of the two,<br>But King Ulva was his match with the club, Ulva knew. </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=539651" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">Then, with his club, he gave Shuac a blow, which wounded him deep,<br>Crying out, Shuac, thy blood is deserting thee! thou art a sheep!<br>Cried Ulva, dealing him another fearful blow,<br>Then Shuac raised his club and rushed on his foe. </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=539651" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">Then his blow fell, and knocked Ulva's club from his hand,<br>While both armies in amazement stand<br>To watch the hand-to-hand fight,<br>While Shuac's warriors felt great delight. </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=539651" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">But there chanced to be a Scotchman in Ulva's army,<br>That had a loaded pistol, and he fired it immediately,<br>And shot King Shuac through the head,<br>And he toppled over to the ground killed stone dead! </a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=539651" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">Then the men of Mizra laid down their arms and fled<br>When they saw that their King was killed dead;<br>Then King Ulva said to the Scotchman, I am thy servant for ever,<br>For to thee I owe my life, and nought but death will us sever.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><a href="http://poems.citatepedia.com/">poem</a> by <strong><a rel="author" href="http://authors.citatepedia.com/by.php?a=William+Topaz+McGonagall">William Topaz McGonagall</a></strong></div>