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come out ye Black ‘n’ Tans           ye self-despising slaves to the crown come out and fight me like a man           I pity thee—Mercury to the Union Jack cowering behind blinding flares that never cease to illuminate the British Empire. Sympathetic Mercury—suppliant to the tempest knees of Jove—what good is sympathy when ******* by cowardice? open the flood-gates for the hand of Jove to press a cage upon the misted shores na hÉireann.
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Apr 1, 2014
Apr 1, 2014 at 12:37 AM UTC
kendall-mallon
Black 'n' Tans
come out ye Black ‘n’ Tans           ye self-despising slaves to the crown come out and fight me like a man           I pity thee—Mercury to the Union Jack cowering behind blinding flares that never cease to illuminate the British Empire. Sympathetic Mercury—suppliant to the tempest knees of Jove—what good is sympathy when ******* by cowardice? open the flood-gates for the hand of Jove to press a cage upon the misted shores na hÉireann.
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