Poem - 4: After Blenheim

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Extract 1

Extract 2

Extract 3 (i, ii, iii)

Extract 3(iv, v); & Excract 4(i, ii, iii, iv)

Extract 4 (v); Extract 5(i, ii, iii)

Extract 5(iv, v)


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