poem
Lays of the English cavaliers
John Jeremiah Daniell (1819–1898), 1866
Named on the page for Battle of Edgehill.
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Passages that name the battle; the whole collection is at Internet Archive.
23 October 1642
Battle of Edgehill
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ROM his broad acres on the Lincohi wolds
He raised a troop of his own tenantry,
And though the weight of threescore years and ten
Had cramped his muscular force, the brave old man
Led them himself to Edgehill fight — and fell,
Bearing in head and body sixteen w^ounds.It was a Sunday evening in October ;
The sky was cold and clear; and with the night
Came up keen breezes from the north.
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