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Probably written by General Hugh McLeod   

San Antonio. written in the ruins of the Alamo x

Antonio X hail! Thy hoary ages

Tells sadly of the past;

For thy dark tale on history's page

Runs blood from first to last
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Thy crumbling walls, thy ruined towers,

Dark monuments, remain,

Of contest fierce 'twixt adverse powers

And countless numbers slain
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Nor is it strange, ev'n from the first

Thy destinie's were given

To cowl-capp'd Monks of blood accurst,

Who mock'd at God in heaven.

The [?] Almighty in his wrath

Smote with avenging hand,

And bloody carnage strew'd each path,

In thy devoted land.
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'Tis sorrowful to see now,

Thy rich luxuriant soil

The scene of nought but strife & woe,

And savage Indian broil.
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Even when I stand, thy Alamo

Is crimson'd with the blood

Of the brave, who battled with the foe

Where tens to thousands stood

x San Antonio de Bejar

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