Which may be thus paraphrased:
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thousand, a thousand, a thousand,A thousand, a thousand, a thousand,We, with one warrior, have slain!A thousand, a thousand, a thousand, a thousand.Sing a thousand over again!Soho!—let us singLong life to our king,Who knocked over a thousand so fine!Soho!—let us roar,He has given us moreRed gallons of goreThan all Syria can furnish of wine! “Do you hear that flourish of trumpets?” Yes—the king is coming! See! the people are aghast withadmiration, and lift up their eyes to the heavens in reverence.He comes!—he is coming!—there he is! “Who?—where?—the king?—do not behold him—cannot say that Iperceive him.”
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