The downfall of Dehli : A new poem /
McGonagall, William.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1901?]
In two columns with a coat of arms above the title.
In verse.
'Composed, April 1901'.
At the top of the sheet in McGonagall's hand - 'Sir Wm. Topaz McGonagall. Poet'.
Printed beneath the title are two letters of acknowledgement for receipt of poems from McGonagall, one from Francis Knollys on behalf of the King, the other from Lord Wolseley.
First lines read: 'Twas in the year of 1857 and on the 14th of September / That the Sepoy rebels at Delhi were forced to surrender; / The attack was first to be made by Brigadier Nicholson, / And he was ordered to attack the Cashmere Bastion.
English poetry