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Read the Lines Given Above and Answer the Question that Follow. Explain the Lines: “With Fire and Sword the Country Round Was Wasted Far and Wide,’ - English 2 (Literature in English)

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प्रश्न

"My father lived at Blenheim then,
Yon little stream hard by;
They burnt his dwelling to the ground,
And he was forced to fly;
So with his wife and child he fled,
Nor had he where to rest his head.
"With fire and sword the country round
Was wasted far and wide,
And many a childing mother then,
And new-born baby died;
But things like that, you know, must be
At every famous victory;

Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.

Explain the lines:
“With fire and sword the country round
Was wasted far and wide,’

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उत्तर

Old Kaspar tells his grandchildren that due to the war the entire countryside was ravaged. Many people were killed by the sword and their houses burnt to the ground.

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अध्याय 1.04: After Blenheim - Stanza 7 and 8

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