Chess Sonnets
BY Da Wm. M. hTKNHOUSa VII. The' King. The Kin? can never di.; ! A itavirg trite O E iffl'sh 1 .w. In ohefg it U tho same : The Kinsr or cbi-f of this uiobli rcya) ij-awo May huti.;r uho !t, or rmto, or hoa-i ony flight. The uttmut ti<oun of diisrrace aud alight, With all ntfendint consequence aud shitae, As broken hon-ur and a tamiihod niiuc All whic-i hi j royal breast may well afidjfht. His wncs atop short of death. While »11 around H■) oeef? hi ) loyal olanamen fl^ht and <Vo Ho winot no 1 !, nor budgaa fro-n the erouud Till ooi)qu a at "V defoat provokes (ha cry t.he-.knute ! a-:d his oigh v%lcur ia obliged to yield Unfo his stronger foe tho glories of tho fled. DuiiOJia, June 8.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1751, 13 June 1885, Page 22
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133Chess Sonnets Otago Witness, Issue 1751, 13 June 1885, Page 22
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