British Heavy Cavalry

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    “It is said that the British Empire is very large and respectable, and that the United States are a first-rate power. We do not believe that a tide rises and falls behind every man which can float the British Empire like a chip, if he should ever harbor it in his mind.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “With fingers weary and worn,
    With eyelids heavy and red,
    A woman sat, in unwomanly rags
    Plying her needle and thread—
    Stitch! stitch! stitch!
    In poverty, hunger, and dirt,”
    —Thomas Hood (1799–1845)

    “To fight aloud is very brave,
    But gallanter I know,
    Who charge within the bosom
    The Cavalry of Woe.”
    —Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)