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Once the Emperor Charles of Spain, / With his swarthy, grave commanders, / I forget in what campaign, / Long besieged, in mud and rain, / Some old frontier town of Flanders.
Up and down the dreary camp, / In great boots of Spanish leather, / Striding with a measured tramp, / These Hidalgos, dull and damp, / Cursed the Frenchmen, cursed the weather.