An Austrian army, awfully arrayed, Bravely by battery besieged Belgrade.

Cossack commanders, cannonading, come, Dealing destructions devastating doom; Every endeavour engineers essay For fame, for fortune, forming furious fray. Gaunt gunners grapple, giving gashes good; Heaves high his head heroic hardihood. Ibraham, Islam, Ismael, imps in ill, Jostle John, Jarovlitz, Jem, Joe, Jack, Jill; Kick kindling Kutusoff, kings kinsmen kill; Labour low levels loftiest, longest lines; Men march mid moles, mid mounds, mid murderous mines. Now nightfalls nigh, now needful nature nods, Opposed, opposing, overcoming odds. Poor peasants, partly purchased, partly pressed, Quite quaking, Quarter! Quarter! quickly quest. Reason returns, recalls redundant rage, Sees sinking soldiers, softens signiors sage. Truce, Turkey, truce! truce, treacherous Tartar train! Unwise, unjust, unmerciful Ukraine! Vanish, vile vengeance! vanish, victory vain! Wisdom wails war-wails warring words. What were Xerxes, Xantipp, Ximens, Xavier? Yet Yassys youth, ye yield your youthful yest. Zealously, zanies, zealously, zeals zest.
From H. Southgate: Many Thoughts on Many Things.