Friday, January 3, 2003
The Fighting Téméraire Comments
Rating: ★3.5
It was eight bells ringing,
For the morning watch was done,
And the gunner's lads were singing
As they polished every gun.
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Roy Ballard
25 November 2016
England's favourite painting is Turner's, of HMS Temeraire under tow to be broken up. The last stanza of this poem captures the spirit underlying the painting as clearly as Turner's brush did.
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7/23/2025 8:15:11 PM # 1.0.0
I think it’s cool about a story that has fighting on it