Bard vs Bard

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Title: Bard vs Bard
Author: capt_facepalm
Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight ACD)
Characters: Mr Sherlock Holmes, Dr John Watson
Summary: Inspirational quotes
Warnings: (Mention of greyhounds)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 15th 2016 prompt: ‘Throw The Book At 'Em’

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‘Watson, no doubt you are familiar with this:

‘I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot;
Follow your spirit: and upon this charge,
Cry— God for Harry! England and Saint George!

‘As a man of letters, do you not agree that Shakespeare’s Henry is the most inspirational passage in all of English literature?

‘It is splendid, Holmes, but perhaps too long-winded. However, I have always found that Burns gets rather to the point:

‘Lay the proud usurpers low!
Tyrants fall in every foe!
Liberty's in every blow!
Let us do - or die!’

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Author's Notes:
William Shakespeare, Henry V
Robert Burns, Scots Wha Hae

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Comments

[med_cat]

Excellent :)

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Ol' Bobby Burns! Yea!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Of course Watson would favour Burns!

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

What a fine and canonesque exchange. Just right for both, and for the poets, too.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

England vs. Scotland. Well-played.

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Thanks! This is another of my favourites this year.

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Burns is a win for sure! Thanks!

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

I would like to think Burns is one of Watson's favourites. Thanks!

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Thanks! This one is one of my favourites although I have featured Robbie Burns in other writings in the past.

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It was fun to include that in this one.