Alas! now o'er the civilised world there hangs a gloom
For brave General Gordon, that was killed in Khartoum,
He was a Christian hero, and a soldier of the Cross,
And to England his death will be a very great loss.
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He was very cool in temper, generous and brave, The friend of the poor, the sick, and the slave; And many a poor boy he did educate, And laboured hard to do so early and late. A heart for the poor. tony