Sir Henry Newbolt

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“Sir Francis, Sir Francis, Sir Francis is come;”
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“‘O glorious Life, Who dwellest in earth and sun,
I have lived, I praise and adore Thee.”
A sword swept.
Over the pass the voices one by one
Faded, and the hill slept.”
—Sir Henry Newbolt (1862–1938)