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In enterprise of martial kind,
When there was any fighting,
He led his regiment from behind—
He found it less exciting.

Author: Gilbert, Sir William Schwenck

Category: generals

Attribution: Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911), British librettist. Duke of Plaza-Toro, in The Gondoliers, act 1.



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