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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=345908" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Day's Ride</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Bold are the mounted robbers who on stolen horses ride<br>And bold the mounted troopers who patrol the Sydney side;<br>But few of them, though flash they be, can ride, and few can fight<br>As Walker did, for life and death, with Ward the other night.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It seems the troopers heard that Ward, well known as Thunderbolt,<br>An outlawed thief, was down near Blanche to try a fresh-roped colt.<br>(Not far from Armidale, that spot for brilliants so renowned -<br>Although the talked-of diamonds now are seldom found.)</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Said Alick Walker as he clapped his saddle on his steed,<br>'If I catch sight of Ward today I'll try his horse's speed;<br>Up hill or down, 'tis all the same, I know my nag can stay' <br>They got his arms, and galloped off, all ready for the fray.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Soon as he got near Thunderbolt, the first salute he got<br>From that retreating party was a random pistol-shot ;<br>The robber fled, the trooper went in chase, his spirits rose -<br>When Ward advised him to keep off, he answered, 'Bosh, here goes!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As through the scrubby brush they fled, and timber-tangled brake,<br>Both held their horses well in hand, nor made the least mistake;<br>Easing his horse with judgement then, the lightweight trooper raced-<br>Good jockey as the robber was, he found himself outpaced.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mile after mile, rough ground and smooth, up hill and down the vale,<br>Steep rocky tracks they galloped o'er - Wards horse began to fail.<br>Scant time he had for firing, for whenever he looked back<br>Onward his adversary pressed, fast nearing on his track.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">On to a creek pursuer and pursued still headed straight:<br>One hastening to avenge the law, his foe to meet his fate.<br>Ward, almost hopeless of escape, devised a desperate scheme -<br>Dismounting from his horse he swam the wide and rapid stream.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Cried Walker, 'May my mother's son for ever be accursed<br>If now I fail to take him, but I'll stop his gallop first.'<br>His pistol flashed, the stockhorse fell; cut off from all retreat<br>At bay the reckless outlaw stood, defiant in defeat.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'I'll not surrender,' was his cry, 'before I do, I'll die!'<br>'All right,' his brave opponent said, 'now for it, you or I!'<br>A moment's pause - a parley now - the trooper made a push<br>To grapple at close quarters with the ranger of the bush.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A shot - a blow - a struggle wild - the outlaw with a shriek<br>Relaxed his hold, and sank beneath the waters of the creek.<br>'Twas thus the dreaded robber's evil spirit passed away,<br>Vanquished by brave young Walker, now the hero of the day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Henceforth those loafing swagmen who around the stations coil,<br>Exchanging lies at night until they see the billies boil,<br>At lambing-down or shearing-time will tell with bated breath<br>Of Walker's fight with Thunderbolt, that ride for life and death.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Anonymous+Oceania">Anonymous Oceania</a><div class=q>
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And bold the mounted troopers who patrol the Sydney side;
But few of them, though flash they be, can ride, and few can fight
As Walker did, for life and death, with Ward the other night.

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