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On writing the first instalment of The Purple East a 'fine sonnet which it is our privilege to publish ' Westminster Gazette Dec	A
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Dear Mr Watson we have heard with wonder	B
Not all unmingled with a sad regret	C
That little penny blast of purple thunder	B
You issued in the Westminster Gazette	C
The Editor describes it as a sonnet	D
I wish to make a few remarks upon it	D
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Never O craven England nevermore	E
Prate thou of generous effort righteous aim	F
So ran the lines and left me very sore	E
For you may guess my heart was hot with shame	F
Even thus early in your ample song	G
I felt that something must be really wrong	G
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But when I learned that our ignoble nation	H
Lay sleeping like a log and lay alone	I
Propping according to your information	H
Abdul the Damned on his infernal throne	I
O then I scattered to the wind my fears	J
And nearly went and joined the Volunteers	J
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But just in time the thought occurred to me	K
That England commonly commits her course	L
To men as good at heart as even we	K
And possibly much richer in resource	L
That we had better mind our own affairs	M
And leave these gentlemen to manage theirs	M
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It further seemed a work uncommon light	N
For one like you a casual civilian	H
To order half a hemisphere to fight	N
And slaughter one another by the million	H
While you yourself a paper Galahad	O
Spilt ink for blood upon a blotting pad	O
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The days are gone when sword and poet's pen	P
One gallant gifted hand was wont to wield	Q
When Taillefer in face of Harold's men	P
Rode foremost on to Senlac's fatal field	Q
And tossed his sword in air and sang a spell	R
Of Roland's battle song and singing fell	R
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The days are gone when troubadours by dozens	S
Polished their steel and joined the stout crusade	T
Strumming in memory of pretty cousins	S
The Girl I left behind Me on parade	T
They often used to rattle off a ballad in	U
The intervals of punishing the Saladin	U
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In later times of course I know there's Byron	H
Who by his own report could play the man	V
I seem to see him with his Lesbian lyre on	W
And brandishing a useful yataghan	W
Though never going altogether strong he	K
Managed at least to die at Missolonghi	X
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No more the trades of lute and lance are linked	Y
Though doubtless under many martial bonnets	S
Brave heads there be that harbour the distinct	Y
Belief that they can manufacture sonnets	S
But on the other hand a bard is not	Z
Supposed to run the risk of being shot	Z
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Then since your courage lacks a crucial test	A2
And politics were never your profession	W
Dear Mr Watson won't you find it best	A2
To temper valour with a due discretion	W
That so despite the fond Spectator's booming	B2
Above your brow the bays may yet be blooming	B2

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