<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539005" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Duke of Plaza-Toro</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In enterprise of martial kind,<br>When there was any fighting,<br>He led his regiment from behind<br>(He found it less exciting).<br>But when away his regiment ran,<br>His place was at the fore, O-<br>That celebrated,<br>Cultivated,<br>Underrated<br>Noble man,<br>The Duke of Plaza-Toro!<br>In the first and foremost flight, ha, ha!<br>You always found that knight, ha, ha!<br>That celebrated,<br>Cultivated,<br>Underrated<br>Noble man,<br>The Duke of Plaza-Toro!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When, to evade Destruction's hand,<br>To hide they all proceeded,<br>No soldier in that gallant band<br>Hid half as well as he did.<br>He lay concealed throughout the war,<br>And so preserved his gore, O!<br>That unaffected,<br>Undetected,<br>Well connected<br>Warrior,<br>The Duke of Plaza-Toro!<br>In every doughty deed, ha, ha!<br>He always took the lead, ha, ha!<br>That unaffected,<br>Undetected,<br>Well connected<br>Warrior,<br>The Duke of Plaza-Toro!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When told that they would all be shot<br>Unless they left the service,<br>That hero hesitated not,<br>So marvellous his nerve is.<br>He sent his resignation in,<br>The first of all his corps, O!<br>That very knowing,<br>Overflowing,<br>Easy-going<br>Paladin ,<br>The Duke of Plaza-Toro!<br>To men of grosser clay, ha, ha!<br>He always showed the way, ha, ha!<br>That very knowing,<br>Overflowing,<br>Easy-going<br>Paladin ,<br>The Duke of Plaza-Toro!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Schwenck+Gilbert">William Schwenck Gilbert</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539005" data-title="The Duke of Plaza-Toro de William Schwenck Gilbert" data-description="In enterprise of martial kind, When there was any fighting, He led his regiment from behind (He found it less exciting). But when away his regiment ran, His place was at the fore, O- That celebrated, Cultivated, Underrated Noble man, The Duke of P..."></div> </div> </div>

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