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For England's Sake
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Under the shadow of a world in arms
He passes hence, whose only thought was Peace:
Out of the hates, the hurries, the alarms
That with the strenuous century increase:
"Had he but spared himself," so runs the tale,
Full many a long year yet was his to take;
But no: though his heart should flag, though breath should fail,
He gave his best, his last—for England's sake.
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