The Battle of Blenheim
by Robert Southey

Have you been to Woodstock, near Oxford, England? If so, you have seen the palace of the Duke of Marlborough, who won the battle of Blenheim. The main point of the poem is the doubtful honour in killing in our great wars. Southey, the poet, lived from 1774 to 1843.

It was a summer's evening,
Old Kaspar's work was done,
And he before his cottage door
Was sitting in the sun;
And by him sported on the green
His little grandchild Wilhelmine.

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Прохладный вечер наступил,
Сменив палящий зной.
У входа в хижину свою
Сидел старик седой;
Играла внучка перед ним
С братишкой маленьким своим.

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