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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539554" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Tribute to Henry M. Stanley</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Welcome, thrice welcome, to the city of Dundee,<br>The great African explorer Henry M Stanley,<br>Who went out to Africa its wild regions to explore,<br>And travelled o'er wild and lonely deserts, fatigued and footsore. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And what he and his little band suffered will never be forgot,<br>Especially one in particular, Major Edmund Barttelot,<br>Alas! the brave heroic Officer by a savage was shot,<br>The commandant of the rear column - O hard has been his lot! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">O think of the noble Stanley and his gallant little band,<br>While travelling through gloomy forests and devastated land,<br>And suffering from all kinds of hardships under a burning sun!<br>But the brave hero has been successful and the victory's won. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">While in Africa he saw many wonderful sights,<br>And was engaged, no doubt, in many savage fights,<br>But the wise Creator was with him all along <br>And now he's home again to us, I hope quite strong. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And during his travels in Africa he made strange discoveries,<br>He discovered a dwarfish race of people called pigmies,<br>Who are said to be the original natives of Africa,<br>And when Stanley discovered them he was struck with awe. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">One event in particular is most worthy to relate,<br>How God preserved him from a very cruel fate:<br>He and his Officers were attacked, while sailing their boat,<br>By the savages of Bumbireh, all eager to cut his throat. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">They seized him by the hair and tugged it without fear,<br>While one of his men received a poke in the ribs with a spear;<br>But Stanley, having presence of mind, instantly contrives<br>To cry to his men, Shove off the boat, and save your lives! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then savages swarmed into three canoes very close by,<br>And every bow was drawn, while they savagely did cry;<br>But thee heroic Stanley quickly shot two of them dead,<br>Then the savages were baffled and immediately fled. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">This incident is startling, but nevertheless true,<br>And in midst of all dangers the Lord brought him through<br>Then, welcome him,. thrice welcome him, right cheerfully,<br>Shouting, Long live the great African explorer, Henry M Stanley! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Therefore throw open the gates of the city of Dundee,<br>And receive him with loud cheers, three time three,<br>And sound your trumpets and beat your drums,<br>And play up, See the Conquering Hero Comes!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Topaz+McGonagall">William Topaz McGonagall</a><div class=q>
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The great African explorer Henry M Stanley,
Who went out to Africa its wild regions to explore,
And travelled o'er wild and lonely deserts, fatigued and footsore. 

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