CXII.

And what they pleased to do with the young Khan

In Heaven I know not, nor pretend to guess;

But doubtless they prefer a fine young man

To tough old heroes, and can do no less;[IN]And that's the cause no doubt why, if we scan

A field of battle's ghastly wilderness,

For one rough, weather-beaten, veteran body,

You'll find ten thousand handsome coxcombs bloody.

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