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Quotation from Lepanto by G. K. Chesterton
“Strong gongs groaning as the guns boom far, Don John of Austria is going to the war, Stiff flags straining in the night-blasts cold In the gloom black-purple, in the glint old-gold, Torchlight crimson on the copper kettle-drums, Then the tuckets, then the trumpets, then the cannon, and he comes.”
Lepanto, Stanza 3 (Poems, 1915)
The march of sound and color that announces Don John, with the poem's famous refrain.
Citation: "Strong gongs groaning as the guns boom far, Don John of Austria is going to the war, Stiff flags straining in the night-blasts cold In the gloom black-purple, in the glint old-gold, Torchlight crimson on the copper kettle-drums, Then the tuckets, then the trumpets, then the cannon, and he comes." — G. K. Chesterton, Lepanto, Stanza 3 (Poems, 1915). (id lepanto-q2)
Portrait: The Battle of Lepanto, 7 October 1571, Unidentified painter, Public domain.
