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THE YOUNGER SON

And the warmest heart that beats for you is beating in his breast,
And he sends you loyal greeting o'er the sea.


You've a brother in the army, you've another in the Church;
One of you is a diplomatic swell;
You've had the pick of everything and left him in the lurch,
And yet I think he's doing very well.
I'm sure his life is happy, and he doesn't envy yours;
I know he loves the land his pluck has won;
And I fancy in the years unborn, while England's fame endures,
She will come to bless with pride—The Younger Son.

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