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Sir Henry Newbolt - Felix AntoniusSir Henry Newbolt - Felix Antonius
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(After Martial) To-day, my friend is seventy-five;   He tells his tale with no regret;   His brave old eyes are steadfast yet, His heart the .lightest heart alive. He sees behind him green and wide   The pathway of his pilgrim years;   He sees the shore, and dreadless hears The whisper of the creeping tide. For out of all his days, not one   Has passed and left its unlaid ghost   To seek a light for ever lost, Or wail a deed for ever done. So for reward of life-long truth   He lives again, as good men can,   Redoubling his allotted span With memories of a stainless youth.
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