Captain Sword and Captain Pen: A Poem

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Poetry

Authors: Leigh Hunt In Year : 1835

Book Language: English

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I. How Captain Sword marched to War
II. How Captain Sword won a Great Victory
III. Of the Ball that was given to Captain Sword
IV. On What took place on the Field of Battle the Night after the Victory
V. How Captain Sword, in Consequence of his Great Victories, became infirm in his Wits
VI. Of Captain Pen, and how he fought with Captain Sword
Postscript, Containing some Remarks on War and Military Statesmen, part 1
Postscript, Containing some Remarks on War and Military Statesmen, part 2

This Poem is the result of a sense of duty, which has taken the Author from quieter studies during a great public crisis. He obeyed the impulse with joy, because it took the shape of verse; but with more pain, on some accounts, than he chooses to express. However, he has done what he conceived himself bound to do; and if every zealous lover of his species were to express his feelings in like manner, to the best of his ability, individual opinions, little in themselves, would soon amount to an overwhelming authority, and hasten the day of reason and beneficence. - Summary by Advertisement