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Sir Henry Newbolt - Waggon HillSir Henry Newbolt - Waggon Hill
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Drake in the North Sea grimly prowling,   Treading his dear _Revenge`s_ deck, Watched, with the sea-dogs round him growling,   Galleons drifting wreck by wreck.   "Fetter and Faith for England`s neck,   Faggot and Father, Saint and chain,--- Yonder the Devil and all go howling,   Devon, O Devon, in wind and rain! Drake at the last off Nombre lying,   Knowing the night that toward him crept, Gave to the sea-dogs round him crying,   This for a sign before he slept:---   "Pride of the West! What Devon hath kept   Devon shall keep on tide or main; Call to the storm and drive them flying,   Devon, O Devon, in wind and rain!" Valour of England gaunt and whitening,   Far in a South land brought to bay, Locked in a death-grip all day tightening,   Waited the end in twilight gray.   Battle and storm and the sea-dog`s way!   Drake from his long rest turned again, Victory lit thy steel with lightning,   Devon, o Devon, in wind and rain!
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