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Thread #65669   Message #1083657
Posted By: mack/misophist
31-Dec-03 - 10:45 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: help me find a 5 minute recitation
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: help me find a 5 minute recitation
I vote for Lepanto, too. As my English Lit book put it, "It's doggerel, but glorious doggerel." You could introduce it with a short commentary abour how this was the battle that broke Muslim sea power in the east Mediterranean and how a very find brandy was named after it, also.