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Easy Reading Shakespeare
Volume Two
HENRY THE FIFTH
The night before the battle
of Agincourt.
The sight before the battle,
The night before the fray
Was something those upon the scene
Recalled to their last day.
The air is filled with whispers,
They make a humming sound,
And in the French and English camps
A hundred fires abound.
And through the soft and velvet night
As many soldiers pray,
They hear the nervous whinnying
Of horses as they neigh.
And busy hammers work right through
That long and dreadful night,
Driving rivets into steel
To seal the armour tight.
The French are very confident
The battle will be theirs,
The English – weary and worn out –
Are quite borne down with cares.
But through the ranks of Englishmen
There walks the King awhile,
He bids his men ‘Good morrow’,
And gives a modest smile.
He calls them, ‘Brother countrymen’ –
His warm way has no end –
And as he makes his cheery way
He even calls them ‘Friend’.
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