Famous Quotes | At Flores in the Azores Sir...
At Flores in the Azores Sir Richard Grenville lay,
And a pinnace, like a fluttered bird, came flying from far away:
‘Spanish ships of war at sea! we have sighted fifty-three!’
- Alfred Tennyson
Attribution: Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892), British poet. The Revenge (l. 1–3). . . Tennyson; a Selected Edition. Christopher Ricks, ed. (1989) University of California Press.
Categories: War
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