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PEACE WITH DISHONOUR.
Over an anxious land,
From sea to sea,
Echoes a wild demand,
"Can it be? Can it be?"
Can we have heard aright.
Is it but fancy's flight.
Or tidings black as night.
Shame and Disgrace ?
Peace ! with the foe in front.
Boasting his victory !
Britons ! 'twas once your wont
Rather to die !
Then — have we all forgot ? —
Though they might scheme and plot,
Men fought for England — not
Party and Place !
What from the camp descried,
Mean the forms flying ?
What, this receding tide ?
Can it be England's pride.
Hurled down Majuba's side.
Wounded and dying ?
Still — though brave lives are lost,
England can pay the cost,
Forward another host !
Fortune defying !

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Peace with dishonour
DescriptionBy W. B. D. Verses on the convention with the Boers and the evacuation of Kandahar.
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J. F. Campbell Collection
DescriptionVolumes from a collection of 610 books rich in Highland folklore, Ossianic literature and other Celtic subjects. Many of the books annotated by John Francis Campbell of Islay, who assembled the collection.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history.