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There were women holding rosaries |
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On the day manolete died |
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Teenage girls in soft white dresses |
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Standing silent peace respecting |
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Groups of boys held in their hands |
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The fragments of a shattered idol |
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The old men with their traditions challenged |
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Refrained from tears |
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Neck neck hook |
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Poles of wood |
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The picadores stood eyes ablaze |
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To view brutal contest |
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In the vale of years |
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Courage unfailing |
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Agility exhausted |
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Youth entered challenge |
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Reached for title shelved |
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Patrons in attendance |
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To disarm a common myth |
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Homage played to the victor of immortality |
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Cloaked in bold tones |
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In the stockyard the beasts |
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Did climb their barriers |
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Bid by a frenzied ring |
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Bred for one purpose only |
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To die in man's sport |
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Dash against his spindle |
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An instant fell to wounding |
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On the day |
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Swords penetrating |
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On the day |
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Torches igniting |
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On the day |
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Flower wreaths encircling |
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The day |
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On the day |
